Sorry June, I have to disappoint you! Tap water is metered and
expensive here, a combination of spring water bought from an inland
village, and the produce of the local de-salination plant. Rainwater is
a luxury. The veg available on the local markets is fantastic and
reasonably priced. Commercial growers can tap into the grey water
system which runs in conjunction with the household system. In our town
area grey water from the sewage works is used to keep public gardens
looking lush, and all new apartment blocks are supposed to plumb
toilets into this system, but as the builders ignore the rest of the
regulations, they probably ignore this one as well! We are outside the
town and not on the sewage system. Our neighbour regularly pumps the
water from his septic tank's third chamber onto his garden with
spectacular results. Growing coriander and curly leafed parsley is the
nearest I come to vegetable gardening these days, although I did used
to grow sugarpeas before they were available here.
Jo