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Re: This year's garden

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Andrea- for years my hillbilly neighbors had trheir washing machine draining
into their vegie garden with a garden hose- They had the best tasting vegies
and everything grew really  well- I know that they used biodegradeable soap
of some sort- but I am sure that they were not that worried about their
health- If their kids mutated-it would have been an improvement! Don't
really know the particulars about how safe it is- but lots of folks did it
for many years. -Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrea <andrea@gravitt.org>
To: <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:33 AM
Subject: 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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