Re: Cult-water
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Cult-water
- From: C* M*
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 13:28:20 +0930
Hi Jan
Before we moved up to the hills, we had half an acre of red clay on the
plains. We had a cottage garden out front, Drier out back around the patio
and right down the back was an orchard, vegie garden and poultry. Everything
was on drippers or microsprays. We paid $350 per quarter for water and
sewerage. We regularly piad $4-500 excess water in March and also paid paid
excess in Dec if it was a dry spring. There were four adults in the house as
well, but we were fairly careful with the garden water.
Colleen
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Date: Sunday, 4 June 2000 6:44
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Cult-water
>In Aust most people on town supply would pay about $350 a quarter for water
>and if they had a large garden, then also about $500-$1000 in excess water
>as well. Water conservation is heavily promoted here. We are fortunate that
>we have a bore, albeit a bit salty so we can't overuse it.
>
>This does seem excessive to me Colleen. Perhaps water is dearer in SA than
>in Vic. At our old house in Castlemaine, we had a garden on 1/2 acre,
pretty
>much the same as here (0ther side of town and with plenty of top soil) I
had
>large lawns there, and often left the sprinkler going all night in summer.
>Also had 6 kids living at home, with a penchant for long leisurely showers.
>I never had an annual bill over $1000.
>When we moved here, I tried growing the same sort of plants, and discovered
>they needed far too much water, which just disappeared into the ground. I
>bought Keven Walsh's book on drought tolerant plants, and chose from it,
all
>the plants I liked which would grow here with little water. Kevin is a
local
>(or fellow Castlemaniac). Irises were high on the list, and this was the
>move that started me into them.
>The idea was that I would seldom have to water the garden, and it would
>reward me with flowers all spring and summer, which it now does.
>My quarterly water bill is seldom over $100, except for the summer quarter
>which sometimes approaches $200. Fitting tap timers helped greatly as I no
>longer leave sprinklers going for more than 2 hours. Our bill has dropped
>even more with the addition of a fresh water tank to provide drinking
water,
>and a little garden water.
>This is an area where rain is often observed with a sense of awe, as we get
>so little. Maybe in Ballarat, with it's higher rainfall, I can again have a
>lawn, and some of the moisture loving plants I used to grow.
>I certainly intend to have a smallish dam (large pond?) and grow some
>japanese iris around the edges.
>Cheers from Jan, in Victoria, where BABY BLESSED is doing it's thing again
>this year.
>
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