Water charges, water saving, and water use.
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tippben Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 921 Location: north tipperary
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:43 am Post subject: Water charges, water saving, and water use. |
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Given the advent of the dreaded water charges, I expect we're all thinking of how to minimize water use in the garden. I live in a semi-detached bungalow, and have room for two large water butts and two small ones. We can leave empty vessels lying around to catch extra rain. I tend to favour "no-dig" approaches, so there's generally mulch on my raised beds, and I also incorporated silica granules.
Our drains are soakaways, so our washing machine runoff ends up in the herb bed. We use Ecover powder, so I'm not worried about that. Does anyone know if "grey water" from the shower and the sink (containing shampoo, soap, and toothpaste) would cause significant problems for vegetables? I have no qualms about using it on the perennial borders.
Does anyone have any other cunning ideas? |
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medieval knievel Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 1010
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:45 am Post subject: |
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i frequently urinate in the garden - direct irrigation and fertilisation, plus the added benefit of not having to flush the loo. |
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My Potatoes Rank attained: Pedunculate oak tree

Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 307 Location: Cork
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Drill a well if you have room for it. There is advertising everywhere for this at the moment.
Install a grey water tank, to collect rainwater from the roof. These would normally be build under a house at construction time, but I'm sure there's a retro-fit alternative. |
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Geranimojess Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 1403 Location: N/W Sligo
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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medieval knievel wrote: | i frequently urinate in the garden - direct irrigation and fertilisation, plus the added benefit of not having to flush the loo. |
That brought a smile to my face ...unless your Bladder is the size of a Camels Hump...  |
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My Potatoes Rank attained: Pedunculate oak tree

Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 307 Location: Cork
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:47 am Post subject: |
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Another thing, if you could be bothered, is an irrigation system on a timer.
I saw these advertised for Lidl/Aldi today. Not sure if they have them now or coming soon. |
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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