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We may also expect to see an adaptation of the Australian hosepipe laws
whereby hose use is restricted only at certain times of the day or on
certain days of the week.


About time!
I rather liked the system in America that meant odd and even numbered
homes were restricted to alternate days with one day a week with a total
ban. I wouldn't mind anything like that as long as it meant I could
water the plants at least once a week.
Still Rosy Hardy of Hardy's cottage garden plants says that she allows
plants to go very dry as they do that in the wilds!
It is much better anyway for the plants to have one good soak than a lot
of little amounts.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk