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- Subject: Re: Fall
- From: A*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:23:48 EDT
How ironic that after this exchange yesterday, we woke up this morning to a non-operating well. No water. The well people will be here this afternoon, but until then we'll make do with some purchased water. No fun. As has been said, you never miss the water till the well runs dry. Auralie In a message dated 9/16/2010 7:06:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dp2413@comcast.net writes: Can't you use a hose with a shut-off instead of hauling? We have a very shallow well, too. I can't lift a full watering can, so I only carry water to the plants on the porch, but there's no danger in burning out the well pump with limited watering otherwise. I often use a slow drip in the landscape. It's continuous high volume watering that will burn out a pump. And usually only then if your pressure tank isn't working properly. d ----- Original Message ----- From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> To: <gardenchat@hort.net> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 6:37 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT