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- Subject: Re: Fall
- From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:29:49 -0500
that's what I do here, lots of xeriscape stuff. have to. On 9/16/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote: > > Then, I think I would go for semiarid plants and water the containers. > Riverside, CA has a nice demo using arid plants. > http://www.riversideca.gov/utilities/water-kmgwgarden.asp > http://www.wmwd.com/landscape.htm > http://www.usewaterwisely.com/totm0206.cfm > B > ETN Zone 7 > Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI Johnson" < > cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> > To: gardenchat@hort.net > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:21:27 PM > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Fall > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT > > -- Pam Evans Kemp TX zone 8A --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
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