[nafex] Re: drought

["crmauch" <mauch1@aol.com>]

You might want to check local ordinances re: the laundry water (and 
gray water in general).  The prior owner of my house had routed his 
laundry room discharge to a gravel drain "pit" rather than have it go 
into his septic tank/field (I believe he was trying to avoid dealing 
w/ a failing field).  When it was discovered, he was forced to route 
it into his septic tank.

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6 

--- In nafex@y..., "Doreen Howard" <doreenh@t...> wrote:
> Ginda,
> Even if you have water restrictions due to drought this summer, you 
can
> water a new currant bush or two with gray water--leftover water 
from the
> house.  The dog or cat's stale water dish (instead of dumping it),
> dishwashing water, bath water, even washing machine water, if you 
don't use
> phosphate-loaded soaps.  I grew up in arid So. Calif. where we 
watched our
> water consumption all the time.  I remember how my Dad rigged the 
hose from
> the washing machine to pour into his vegetable garden.  And we used 
to haul
> dish water out to the lemon and banana trees all the time.
> Doreen Howard,
> Wisconsin, Zone 4b, where winter finally arrived--2 feet of snow 
fell in the
> last two days.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@c...>
> To: "NAFEX" <nafex@y...>
> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 8:14 PM
> Subject: [nafex] drought
> 
> 
> > I was planning on putting in several shrubs this spring 
(including a
> > couple of currants, so this isn't entirely off-topic) but we've 
had an
> > unusually warm and dry winter, and I'm worried we'll have a 
drought this
> > summer.  I can probably water anyway (my town rarely has tight 
water
> > restrictions - every-other day is about as bad as I've seen it) 
but I
> > wonder if I ought to just wait a year.
> >
> > In some ways, how much it rains during the spring and summer may 
be more
> > important to success than how wet the winter was, but if it's 
generally
> > dry, maybe more water would be needed.  And then, even if we 
don't hve
> > real watering restrictions, I don't want to be wasteful in a dry 
year.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Ginda FIsher
> > eastern Mass, zone 6
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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