Re[2]: can't water...need help!
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- Subject: Re[2]: can't water...need help!
- From: K*@HP-UnitedKingdom-om9.om.hp.com
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 13:23:02 +0100
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Oooh Donna, ripping out plants sounds a bit drastic. Is it possible
that if you leave the plants in, the shrivled up leaves will provide
the crowns with some protection - a mini mulch? - and they may regrow
from semi-dormant rootstock later? I know that won't apply to
everything, but nature can be a real fighter. I know how awful it is
to lose plants you have chosen & nurtured - I work away a lot &
sometimes come back to a disaster that could have been averted if I'd
been around to do something sooner.
Here in the UK, waterbutts are everywhere & we can buy kits to divert
water off the roof guttering into the plastic barrel (often on a
stand, with a tap at the base), and then redirect the rainwater down
the gutter down pipe when the butt is full. Not much use now, but
worth installing for next year.
We have a hosepipe rigged up to siphon off the bathwater & made a
point of writing to our water authority to explain it so we didn't get
fined, although in desperation, I did fill a bath once with cold water
& empty it straight away..... It is weird watering the garden and
smelling bubble bath. The occasional froth does no harm at all.
I also use plastic two litre water bottles with a hole in the cap,
filled with water, upturned and slightly buried near the roots. This
trickle feeds water directly to the roots without much evaporation &
little effort.
Also in times of plenty, we reduce our water bill by using saved
rainwater to wash the cars, house windows, rinse dirty boots, etc etc
etc.
Keep smiling, & look forward to all the delicious extras people on the
list people are offering.
Karen in Cheshire
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