On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:18:52 -0600, wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:56:14 -0800 (PST), gardengal
wrote:

On Jan 15, 8:30*am, brooklyn1 wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:08:42 -0800, Dave_s
wrote:

I see at several front yard gardens in my neighborhood, plastic 1/2
gallon containers located in their garden beds. Each is a clear plastic.
Each is filled with clear liquid, probably just water. I see so many
that I wonder "...are these *containers put there to benefit the flowers
or vegetables?
I am located in Panorama City, CA at zip 91402.

Dave_s

Sounds like what you're seeing are inverted 2 liter plastic beverage
bottles with "Aqua Spikes" attached... these water plants slowly like
drip watering and their flow rate is adjustable:http://www.amazon.com/Aqua-Cone-Spik.../dp/B001ESSJOQ

There is an urban myth that water-filled plastic jugs spaced
strategically along the edges of the garden will keep dogs from
entering and/or peeing on vulnerable plants. It is not an uncommon
practice in suburban areas but there really is no scientific basis
behind the theory. I'd bet good money this is what's going on with
your 'plantings' of plastic bottles or jugs.

Never heard that one but I fill up containers with water and let them
sit in the sun to evaporate the chemicals in the city water. I
usually leave them out 24 hours. Learned it from a neighbor - made
sense to me. Maybe that's what your neighbors are doing.

Which chemicals... only chlorine and flouride are possible additives,
only chlorine will evaporate. Chlorine will evaporate whether your
containers are placed in the sun or in a dark basement, so long as
your containers are open and offer a great surface area, which of
course exposes your water to lots of schmutz. Exposing water to the
sun's UV rays will kill some bacteria but the sun will warm the water
causing bacteria growth to escalate much faster than the UV rays can
kill, in effect you'll be drinking pond water... I suggest you boil
your evaporated water before drinking it because you've just negated
your water company's purification efforts. In essence your neighbor
has you behaving like Pavlav's dog, does he at least reward you with
little woof-woof biscuits? Have you ever considered using a filter
for drinking water, reverse osmosis filters work very well. Or you
can simply do as your neighbor while he's laughing his ass off
watching you hustle jugs of water in and out like Gunga Din... you can
bet your bippee he ain't drinking any **** warm pond water tepid from
the sun, he's drinking ice cold long neck brewskis. LOL-LOL