Rain water in the water butt

I am intrigued by the lump of charcoal method but does it work ? My water butts are full of mozzy larvae and plenty of mozzies = plenty of bites. I dont want to resort to chemicals so i will give this a go. watch this space !

 

I PUT STONES IN MY WATER BUTT AND THAT KEEPS THE WATER CLEAR TOO :D :D

 

Years ago when we just had a smallish pond we used charcol too and it did work. We just gathered the bigger left-over bits from our fireplace.

 

I guess a fine mesh, like mosquito netting or even old net curtains, could be put over the top of the water butt to prevent any animals, birds or leaves from fallig in. It could be attached to a wooden frame for easy removal.

 

hi kedi-gato how many miles has your cat done now?????


unfortunately we have no coal fires now, those were the days, I will never forget.

 

Just had my coal fire ripped out last week. YAY! sooo glad to see it go. messy,dirty,labour intensive,expensive and ineffective. I HATED IT!!! Central heating now. Cornwalls catching up people! Next we'll have running water and everything :D :D

 

My water butt near to overflowing with all the rain yesterday.
Needed this a few weeks ago when it was soo hot.

 

NEVER MIND MATES WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BRILLIANT SEPTEMBER

 

I'd rather like to know which sort of charcoal too!

 

We only burn wood and this is the charcoal that we have used in the past.