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RE: This year's garden

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>I would think it would be fairly inexpensive to water

Depending on local conditions, he may not be permitted to water. That is a
serious concern. Here in Atlanta, today starts the outdoor water ban
(10am-10pm), for those counties that did not already have one already. No
car washing, no lawn watering, and no garden watering. If there is no
improvement, it will become a complete outdoor water ban.

Fortunately, it is raining today as well as some over the weekend. But we
are so far behind that it will take a lot to make up for it.

I collect mostly-clean kitchen water for the few plants I have on the patio,
and I have been contemplating how I can recycle water from the washing
machine once I move into my new house. Many places have restrictions on how
gray water can be used and it is generally not recommended for food plants,
but that assumes you recycle all kitchen and bath water as well, not just
selected sources.

I am thinking about doing something with bathwater, but not kitchen water
other than what I already collect from rinsing vegetables, running the tap
for hot water, and so on. (I am going to try to use dish rinse water and
cooking water, but only if I can use it right away. It doesn't store well.)
I want to try to recycle the laundry water because I prefer to use real
soap, not detergents, and avoid other laundry additives. The cleaners and
chemicals you use makes a difference when you start thinking about what
water can be recycled for the garden.

Plain old soapy water is fine as long as there is other water as well. If I
had a lot of people other than me eating my vegetables, I wouldn't consider
using bathwater nearly as much. But it's just me, and I've already got all
my own germs already, so a few more that could possibly come via the garden
aren't a big deal.


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