Is it your hobby Minusminnie? Currently we have had a dripping kitchen tap for 2 years
- hopefully next week the plumber will sort it.
In the mean time we have the tap over a watering can which is carried out carefully twice a day and poured where necessary. When push comes to shove we use the bath water unless it is really hot when I am too weary to cart it downstairs and out the front door.
When washing fruit/veg it's done over a bowl and carried to a waiting watering can outside the back door. Our ponds require topping up at least twice a week so I remove two watering cans for the plants whilst gently letting the hose run.
We have 4 water barrels to catch run off from sheds as well as a deep tank in the back garden which I fill with the hose. At the front we have two barrels that catch run off from the down pipe. It amazes me how much water gets washed away
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I do miss the twin tub as I could stop the spin cycle into a bucket for the garden. In the evenings we put the hose round once or twice a week, after the heat of the day, pointing it at the roots. Yesterday I did the same with two newly planted roses and 3 ceanothus in the same bed. Later I need to take the hose to one area which is wilting badly. I am not prepared to lose plants - we should never be short of water, we live on an Island
Sometimes I leave the bath water to use in the loo .......... which needs a steady hand