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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
In article , "George.com"
wrote: Now, if someone wants to answer my Sydney query: Does nayone living in Syndey know of any community/permaculture/organic gardens within the sydney city? A woman from NZ is over in your city sometime shortly and is interested in visiting such gardens to see how it is done. Any contacts or websites is appreciated Try this mob: http://www.communitygarden.org.au/index.html -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
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, Billy wrote: In article , Jan Flora wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Laura at theGardenPages wrote: I know, I hate to see all that water to down the drain too! I've used my laundry water for the lawn and shrubs with no problem. I haven't tried it on veggies. If you use boi-degradeable SOAP not detergent you can use the wash water. The rinse water is fine by you have to be careful about that fabric softener. Plus, deep watering is better for shrubs than a sprinkling anyway. Good for you! Perfect storm indeed. We had good rain Nov. to March and then the driest March-April ever. We are looking at sever water rationing at the same time the price of food is skyrocketing. I think I need a water tank. Get some food-grade poly drums and set them up to catch the rainwater from the downspouts on your house. If you want to spend a lot of money, you can buy rain barrels that have hose bibs already installed in them. I think Gardener's Supply sells them. A caveat: you may want to put a piece of plywood or something over the top of the barrels, to keep debris out. At the very least, put a little piece of wood -- a stick or something -- in there, so little birds won't drown. If they get in there, they can climb onto the stick, dry out and fly away. Food grade poly drums are available from canneries. They buy their vinegar in them. Jan Also beware of mosquitos. That is likely to happen. Use BT dunks. -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
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Omelet wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Jan Flora wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Laura at theGardenPages wrote: I know, I hate to see all that water to down the drain too! I've used my laundry water for the lawn and shrubs with no problem. I haven't tried it on veggies. If you use boi-degradeable SOAP not detergent you can use the wash water. The rinse water is fine by you have to be careful about that fabric softener. Plus, deep watering is better for shrubs than a sprinkling anyway. Good for you! Perfect storm indeed. We had good rain Nov. to March and then the driest March-April ever. We are looking at sever water rationing at the same time the price of food is skyrocketing. I think I need a water tank. Get some food-grade poly drums and set them up to catch the rainwater from the downspouts on your house. If you want to spend a lot of money, you can buy rain barrels that have hose bibs already installed in them. I think Gardener's Supply sells them. A caveat: you may want to put a piece of plywood or something over the top of the barrels, to keep debris out. At the very least, put a little piece of wood -- a stick or something -- in there, so little birds won't drown. If they get in there, they can climb onto the stick, dry out and fly away. Food grade poly drums are available from canneries. They buy their vinegar in them. Jan Also beware of mosquitos. That is likely to happen. Use BT dunks. That will keep mosquitos out of standing water? -- Billy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0s...eature=related |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
Billy wrote:
In article , Omelet wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Jan Flora wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Laura at theGardenPages wrote: I know, I hate to see all that water to down the drain too! I've used my laundry water for the lawn and shrubs with no problem. I haven't tried it on veggies. If you use boi-degradeable SOAP not detergent you can use the wash water. The rinse water is fine by you have to be careful about that fabric softener. Plus, deep watering is better for shrubs than a sprinkling anyway. Good for you! Perfect storm indeed. We had good rain Nov. to March and then the driest March-April ever. We are looking at sever water rationing at the same time the price of food is skyrocketing. I think I need a water tank. Get some food-grade poly drums and set them up to catch the rainwater from the downspouts on your house. If you want to spend a lot of money, you can buy rain barrels that have hose bibs already installed in them. I think Gardener's Supply sells them. A caveat: you may want to put a piece of plywood or something over the top of the barrels, to keep debris out. At the very least, put a little piece of wood -- a stick or something -- in there, so little birds won't drown. If they get in there, they can climb onto the stick, dry out and fly away. Food grade poly drums are available from canneries. They buy their vinegar in them. Jan Also beware of mosquitos. That is likely to happen. Use BT dunks. That will keep mosquitos out of standing water? Put in some goldfish. Theyre organic eat mossies, and you can always eat them when they grow big enough. |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
"enigma" wrote in message
lee contemplating windmills What are you contemplating windmills for? To pump water from your well? |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in
..au: "enigma" wrote in message lee contemplating windmills What are you contemplating windmills for? To pump water from your well? electricty generation. i'm on a ridge & there is always some breeze. i don't expect to make money, but if i can offset the US$300+/month in electric bills a little, i'd be happy. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
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enigma wrote: "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in .au: "enigma" wrote in message lee contemplating windmills What are you contemplating windmills for? To pump water from your well? electricty generation. i'm on a ridge & there is always some breeze. i don't expect to make money, but if i can offset the US$300+/month in electric bills a little, i'd be happy. lee Rhode Island offers grants and the below URL reflects RI installation. Perhaps New Hampshire does as well. Good luck! Bill http://www.entech-engineering.com/Examples_and_Economics.htm#WES http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/wind_turbine_lca.php -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
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, Billy wrote: In article , Omelet wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Jan Flora wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , Laura at theGardenPages wrote: I know, I hate to see all that water to down the drain too! I've used my laundry water for the lawn and shrubs with no problem. I haven't tried it on veggies. If you use boi-degradeable SOAP not detergent you can use the wash water. The rinse water is fine by you have to be careful about that fabric softener. Plus, deep watering is better for shrubs than a sprinkling anyway. Good for you! Perfect storm indeed. We had good rain Nov. to March and then the driest March-April ever. We are looking at sever water rationing at the same time the price of food is skyrocketing. I think I need a water tank. Get some food-grade poly drums and set them up to catch the rainwater from the downspouts on your house. If you want to spend a lot of money, you can buy rain barrels that have hose bibs already installed in them. I think Gardener's Supply sells them. A caveat: you may want to put a piece of plywood or something over the top of the barrels, to keep debris out. At the very least, put a little piece of wood -- a stick or something -- in there, so little birds won't drown. If they get in there, they can climb onto the stick, dry out and fly away. Food grade poly drums are available from canneries. They buy their vinegar in them. Jan Also beware of mosquitos. That is likely to happen. Use BT dunks. That will keep mosquitos out of standing water? From what I have read, yes. BT dunks are specifically made for standing water skeeter control. -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
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Jonno wrote: Food grade poly drums are available from canneries. They buy their vinegar in them. Jan Also beware of mosquitos. That is likely to happen. Use BT dunks. That will keep mosquitos out of standing water? Put in some goldfish. Theyre organic eat mossies, and you can always eat them when they grow big enough. But carp are so bony! ;-) I'd personally vote for bass or crappie minnows! -- -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch." -- Jack Nicholson |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
"Billy" wrote in message
... In article , Laura at theGardenPages wrote: I know, I hate to see all that water to down the drain too! I've used my laundry water for the lawn and shrubs with no problem. I haven't tried it on veggies. If you use boi-degradeable SOAP not detergent you can use the wash water. The rinse water is fine by you have to be careful about that fabric softener. Plus, deep watering is better for shrubs than a sprinkling anyway. Good for you! Perfect storm indeed. We had good rain Nov. to March and then the driest March-April ever. We are looking at sever water rationing at the same time the price of food is skyrocketing. I think I need a water tank. -- Billy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0s...eature=related All my piped wastewater goes to the leech field via the septic tank. Due to the low permeability of my local soil, I opted for an above ground leech field. It the size of a very large putting green. Soil depth is too deep to have any concern of grass rootage affecting the leech piping. But, at the same time, enough water is drained to keep the grass from drying out in drought periods... -- Dave Parkinson's disease, not easy to define. Much less cure. |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
Bill wrote in
news.net: Rhode Island offers grants and the below URL reflects RI installation. Perhaps New Hampshire does as well. the bills for alternative energy discounts are currently working through the legislature. Good luck! thanks. over 50% of my electric bill is carrier costs. that's just stupid. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
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Omelet wrote: In article , Jonno wrote: Food grade poly drums are available from canneries. They buy their vinegar in them. Jan Also beware of mosquitos. That is likely to happen. Use BT dunks. That will keep mosquitos out of standing water? Put in some goldfish. Theyre organic eat mossies, and you can always eat them when they grow big enough. But carp are so bony! ;-) I'd personally vote for bass or crappie minnows! Any recipes for crappie minnows?;-)) -- Billy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0s...eature=related |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
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"Dioclese" NONE wrote: "Billy" wrote in message ... In article , Laura at theGardenPages wrote: I know, I hate to see all that water to down the drain too! I've used my laundry water for the lawn and shrubs with no problem. I haven't tried it on veggies. If you use boi-degradeable SOAP not detergent you can use the wash water. The rinse water is fine by you have to be careful about that fabric softener. Plus, deep watering is better for shrubs than a sprinkling anyway. Good for you! Perfect storm indeed. We had good rain Nov. to March and then the driest March-April ever. We are looking at sever water rationing at the same time the price of food is skyrocketing. I think I need a water tank. -- Billy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0s...eature=related All my piped wastewater goes to the leech field via the septic tank. Due to the low permeability of my local soil, I opted for an above ground leech field. It the size of a very large putting green. Soil depth is too deep to have any concern of grass rootage affecting the leech piping. But, at the same time, enough water is drained to keep the grass from drying out in drought periods... My problem is that the garden is up-hill from my grey water. I have a pump and hoses. I think a twenty - thirty gallon tank on my garage (above the gardens) is basically all I need. That, and information on which laundry and dish washing compounds are safe with my plants. -- Billy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0s...eature=related |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
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, Sheldon wrote: Jan Flora wrote: Get some food-grade poly drums and set them up to catch the rainwater from the downspouts on your house. Why would food grade drums be necessary for catching rain water running off a non food grade roof... to do what... pour on the non food grade ground. Am I missing something, or why wouldn't an ordinary plastic trash can be suitable? You can buy low quality for like $10-$15 but they will decay from UV exposure and probably crack from freezing temps. I have two of these, excellent quality: http://tinyurl.com/79bqf http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...994-1097-8632- 92/20&lpage=none We use those barrels to catch potable water at our cabins. If you set them so the first rain of the season doesn't go into the barrel, the dust gets washed off roof. A plastic garbage can degrades from UV a lot faster than a poly drum. And you have to pay for a garbage can. We get our poly drums for free. Jan |
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Grey laundry water for garden watering?
Omelet wrote:
In article , Jonno wrote: Food grade poly drums are available from canneries. They buy their vinegar in them. Jan Also beware of mosquitos. That is likely to happen. Use BT dunks. That will keep mosquitos out of standing water? Put in some goldfish. Theyre organic eat mossies, and you can always eat them when they grow big enough. But carp are so bony! ;-) I'd personally vote for bass or crappie minnows! Trout are also a good alternative, but it rooly depends on the size of the tank. Mossies are not really problem. Just put in some fly screens mesh (in the tank stoopid) not in the windows. Really some people have no imagination, and neither have they got a sense of humus...er humour? you git my vote omelet. Bacon with that? |
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