I think the beasties swimming in the septic pool are mosquito larvae.
Mosquitos can spread in humans and canines, so to get rid of the mosquito larvae I would add a teaspoon of olive oil to the septic pool. The olive oil will float on the top suffocating the larvae. Also, olive oil is biodegradable in comparison to other substances.

Soo good. What a funny ending. U have to adapt 😂😂 just like permaculture

FYI Here is another Perma girl looking for like minded people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0B3Uov3OJ8

I seen it done before be careful could be a breading ground for mosquito 🦟

Some people incorporate earthworms into the system. They are excellent little cleaners.

Diana is a really valuable community member…it will be great to see you green up the ghost town through permaculture

Nice video so I'm doing a new build and the land is on a slope, can i just have the gray water go into 1 pond and that's it or can i disperse it with pipes around the
land. Any chance you can do a video in depth about please.

Yes totally agree dig a hole at the bottom of the garden downhill from the house 🏠 you will regret close to the house lol

Were r u located in castelo branco

So lovely to have a knowledgable person in town to educate y'all about permaculture. Mystery Jane is smart and beautiful! Welcome, Dianna! <3

found a nice comparable land priced at 7,500 to your challenge at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZheuzglfpiA

Olá amigos. A Diana estava muito emburgonhada por estar a falar para a câmara e explicar o cistima sobre o depósito e derivado a isso ela não tinha palavras para divulgar o que pretendia dizer kkkkkk. Boa continuação e uma boa semana para todos vocês. Um abraço.

Hello , Has Dian bought a property there near you ?
Where is she from ?
All the best .

If you use low water volume toilet cisterns you may have to add a little grey water to your black water sewage to keep it moving .As it is water that carries the “Solids “ down the sewage pipes to the black water cesspit .Only use natural cleaners to clean your toilets .No bleaches etc .Yeast cultures down the toilet might help your bacteria in the cess pit .Golden rule never put anything into the toilet which you haven’t eaten first . Good luck

Great idea again , Leca or clay pebbles would be best to plant your plants in little baskets that would go into you reef beds ,but from your kitchen sinks you do need a “fat trap system” then that would be part of the grey water feeding the plants then go onto draining off far away from the house or you’ll attract flys ,mosquitoes possibly

very good video love your ideas

Nice to see Perma girl came out of the closet…pun intended. 😉

Beautiful project…the benefits are multifold…fantastic to have some experience on site!!!

Now you’re talking Jasper… I suggested you do exactly this a few months back. You will need to change your soaps and detergents to bio friendly ones. The plants you will need are those that will thrive in high phosphate and high nitrate environments

Good job guys!.. i have a great book here i can lend you all about building these….. dont forget you will want to have an accessible "grease" trap before it enters your system or it will clog it up and can smell a little bit….. see you soon

Interesting idea, hope it works out. I would still dig a long trench filled with gravel at the end of the concrete tubs,
with maybe a valve on it, so that you could control any overwater in the system when extra people show up.
The pants will not react quickly if you have 5 -6 extra visitors and extra water useage, it will be good to be
able to drain the excess away.
Good Luck !

I created such a water cleaning system in my first house in the ninety’s of the last century…planted rushes and reeds into. Gravel on the ground, earth on top, no mosquitoes at all because the surface is dry. This system is still perfectly working today. Great idea, Diana seems to bring some good ideas and structure into the community project. 👍🏻

Maybe need your tank clean

sò ganzas!

You can also empty it by bucket. But that is not so much fun

Maybe the septic tank just needs to be emptied. My family had a tank which needed to be emptied every few years. A pump truck use come and clean it out

Fun video. Keep up the interesting videos and your channel will grow ❤️

those little animals floating on the water r mosquito larvie.

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I like Diana, she is very talented…✌😀

Good ideas! There's a place in New Mexico called Earthships- they use only water collected by rain, and then use it 3-4 times, first in the house, then through a grey water system like you're making, then on to the fruit trees or gardens. It's a great system, if you haven't seen it before you might like to look it up on youtube. It's been working for them for 30-40 years.

would your post hole machine make it easier to break the soil up.

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What an ambitious project. Things are getting very interesting on the Portugal Project now with Diana's interest in and knowledge of permaculture. As water is becoming a scarce commodity, the science of capturing and utilizing it has become a necessary means of survival for many earthlings. Earthbag houses/buildings are one creative way of constructing sustainable homes in dry areas. Folks living in the desert have utilized creative means of harvesting rainwater in cisterns, as explained in the "green dream project": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoIM2YnYB44
This reminds me of a song from the 60's by the Seekers: There's a New World Somewhere, they call The Promised Land.
Good luck guys! If anyone can do it, it's you!