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Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 20:51
| About 5 years I did this and this system is still working.
Take plastic water/soda bottles. Cut off the bottom. Throw away the lid. Turn it so the bottle is upside down and "plant it" in the ground. Let the top of the waterer (used to the be bottom of the bottle) remain about1/2 inch above the surface of the ground. When watering, fill each container. The dirt absorbs the water as needed. When it rains the water collects in these, also. Especially good for a flower bed on a slope. I placed mine about 2' apart and staggered them as needed. The plastic rarely wears out. Mine are still working well. |
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- Posted by toxcrusadr (My Page) on Tue, Aug 14, 12 at 16:30
| The drought is so bad I'm saving graywater for the yard. I always had a 'kitchen bucket' for wash and rinse water, pasta water, vegetable washing water, etc. Now I've started plugging up the tub drain for showers, and scooping out the 5-10 gal of water with a flat-sided bucket. My distribution system used to be 'walk out on the deck and fling it over the side.' Now, my deck is on the 2d story, so I have gravity working for me. I cut a hole near the bottom of an old 5-gal bucket, attached a hose fitting, set the bucket in a corner of the deck, and attached 50 ft of hose. Now I can pour a whole bucket of wastewater into the bucket and water at a distance, wherever I've placed the other end of the hose. If the drought keeps up, I might think about installing a real graywater system in my house. |
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- Posted by ernie85017 9 phx (My Page) on Thu, Aug 16, 12 at 16:09
| Great idea! |
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