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- Subject: RE: Fall
- From: &* C* D* C* U* A* 9* C* <c*@edwards.af.mil>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:21:27 -0700
Yeah I read those too. I looked into a couple of those collection ideas, there's the tank buried underground option, the barrel aboveground option, and there are water bladders you can store in an out-of-the-way area. The amount it would cost vs. the room it takes up vs. the small amount of water you can collect and store makes it kind of impractical. I think I figured I could only water my patio plants for the summer on what I'd be able to afford to install. Grey water would be more do-able; at the time I looked into it, it was illegal in my county but it's quite possible things have relaxed lately. We looked at solar power last year too, the payback was something like 25 years not counting any maintenance. If I were building a house though, those systems would be cool to have installed up front. Cyndi -----Original Message----- From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of BONNIE_HOLMES Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:05 PM To: gardenchat@hort.net Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fall Read an interesting feature on maintaining plants in a semi-arid area. Set up a cistern, using scarce water that flows from your gutters. You may have to connect gutters. Make drains from the cistern to gardens with turn off/on valve. Set up drains from your showers and rinse water to gardens. Direct water from your drive to gardens. B ETN Zone 7 Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911. ----- Original Message ----- From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com To: gardenchat@hort.net Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 6:37:57 PM Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fall Since we are on a well, I can only haul water in buckets - don't dare use a hose for fear of burning out the well pump. Since my back isn't what it once was, I can only haul so many buckets, so I mainly water the container-garden in my breezeway and on the front stoop. Everything else just parches. You might think that here in Westchester County, just 40 miles north of NY City, we would have city water, but no, not up our private road. We pay water taxes each year, but there is no city water for the 12 houses on this road. Auralie In a message dated 9/16/2010 6:25:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes: Do most of you water your gardens in summer? Here in CA of course almost everyone has sprinklers permanently installed. Is that the case back East or do you drag out the hose when it gets dry? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
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