Save winter water from your water butt in those excess, supermarket carrier bags by using SAP (Super absorbing polymers). These polymers, which are safe and non toxic are simply added to water and hold 2 to 3 hundred times thier own weight in water. They come into thier own when dug into soil (gardens or hanging baskets etc). Plants and flowers take the water from the crystals and any future rainfall will replenish the crystals. Most of you will, at some time, will have handled this type of product without realising - they are commonly found in disposable nappies.

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