Re: Water
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Water
- From: R* N*
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:27:50 -0700
Donald,
When I lived in Texas I had a wonderful neighbor who was very thrifty with everything. she would add huge amounts of things that would hold water in the soil. then she would splice pieces of soaker hose and regular hose so that only the plants she put in were watered with dry spaces between. She used underground colars to keep moisture in designated areas if it seem to go elsewhere. She watered infrequently and deeply to draw the roots away from the surface. Then she would mulch heavily. That would hold in moisture as well as hide her watering system. She but up permanent shade structures to offer filtered afternoon shade to sun lovers, and planted lovely gardens of shade plants underneath places sun lovers did not get enough light.
Due to the things I learned from her, I have saved my yard, trees and shrubs, and collections of landscaping plants when it was so hot and dry here. I also had a much cheaper watering bill than many with much smaller yards than I have.
Maybe this will give some ideas. Using her ideas, I had impatiens that I only watered once every 2 or 3 weeks in 115 degree temps. They were georgeous all summer. Impatiens usually die in a good year here unless watered everyday.
Wendy
----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Eaves
To: iris-talk@Yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Water
Debi,
That was a blooper on my part! It really comes to .0065/gal with an access
fee of $26.50. So if there is no water use at all, it's $26.50 and then
goes up from there. With a 4-5 acre yard that is constantly thirsty even
without the current drought conditions, that impinges on any hope for
anything but the bread line during retirement unless I curtail use
drastically. Unfortunately, this is the third rate increase in as many
years, so use has already been curtailed to the point I have had to watch a
lot of plants and work simply die off the last several years. Talk about
survival of the fittest! May be just as well. All the reservoirs are very
low here and unless we start getting more rain than has been the case, at
some point water rationing will be a necessity. In those circumstances some
things that require more water than is available in order to survive can't
make it anyway, and I'm ahead of that misery. What I'm trying to do is come
with some alternate mean(s) of storing and having water to use.
Unfortunately, the water well attempt resulted in a dry hole. The other
methods I've come up with require an initial start-up cost that I'm not
prepared to expend at the moment. So I'm left with long-term plans that may
or may not happen, as circumstances allow.
Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Debi Schmitt <otisbird@fix.net>
To: iris-talk@Yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@Yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:06 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Water
>>Every gallon of water used is
>>going to cost $6.50. With an access rate of $26.50, it won't take long to
>>go bankrupt. Wish that water well I tried for hadn't been a dry hole!
>>Guess I'll start evaluating the native prickly pear when they bloom to
>>replace the iris. I think that distilled water in the grocery store might
>>be cheaper.
>
>My water out of the tape is awful here so I buy bottled water for $.69 a
>gallon. It's culligan water.
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