Julie Bove wrote:
>Ophelia wrote:
>>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Yes, I have completely given up my deep baths, and have been doing the
>>>>> short showers. Also saving the water for potted plants, using small
>>>>> containers for washing dishes, instead of dishwasher, and cutting down
>>>>> with the washing machine,
>>>
>>> Fully loaded, a dishwasher uses less water than other methods.
>>
>> I remember many years ago in England when we had a very hot summer and
>> water was rationed, a friend was shown in the local newspaper because she
>> had hooked up a pipe to channel her bath water down into her garden
>
>Some people do that here.
Bath water/laundry water (gray water) is fine for gardening... where
do people think plants grow... in DIRT! Actually water used for
cleaning dirty clothes/dishes/bodies makes good fertilzer. Lots of
people plant their vegetable gardens over their sceptic leaching
field, hurts nothing... all kinds of critters poop and pee in my
vegetable garden, same as they do on all farm land. Plants are very
selective in which nutrients they absorb... it's only particular man
made chemicals that cause a negative affect, like pesticides,
herbicides, and manufacturing waste... when a possum, raccoon, rodent,
bird, even a cat poops in my garden I consider it a gift. I apply no
chemicals but my lawn is lusher, greener, and healthier than anything
Scotts Turf Builder/Weed & Feed can do... you can eat a salad of my
lawn greens and never become ill from it... the same critters that
fertilize my lawn are the ones that constantly eat my lawn. Next time
you drink milk remember that those cows eat the same greens they poop
and pee on. Freshly mowed two days ago, no chemicals but lots of
critter poops, even hummingbird poops:
http://i59.tinypic.com/30xk520.jpg
http://i59.tinypic.com/5vhpy.jpg
See those two crab apple trees, both bought together and planted
together ten years ago, both same size seedlings in pots... guess
which one is planted nearer the discharge pipe of my sceptic field:
http://i59.tinypic.com/33e0okx.jpg