...ahhh but the downhill gradient means you don't need pumps of any sort that could go wrong...and imagine the fun being in a boat and just flowing all the way down from Scotland to Bognor without having to paddle....
In hot weather canals can evaporate as well as being drained by lock activity.
A better solution would be to move people to where there is water rather than insist on building homes in the south east where space and water are scarce.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The council's bin police turned up at the door yesterday while I was putting the recycling out and they told me they were doing a 'food waste awareness campaign'. They seemed quite surprised when I told them we don't use the food waste bin and composted any waste that we make. I'm guessing they don't hear that answer very often around here which is quite sad.
On a related topic I accidentally composted a load of sedum cuttings that I'd been growing for two years. I gave the best plants away in the annual cuttings exchange and put the weaker ones aside to pot up and bring on. I tend to have a couple of trays in the greenhouses into which I throw spare succulent cuttings to deal with at a later date but somehow got rid of one when I was clearing out to make room for the tomatoes. I had loads of this plant one minute and then suddenly realised I didn't have a single plant left anywhere. Luckily it tends to be a bit of a weed and propagates itself from single leaves so I managed to find a few small volunteers growing in with other plants which should be enough to re-establish my stock.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@wild edges from January 2024 it will be a legal requirement for every home in France to have a composting system for kitchen waste. Quite how it will be organised for apartment dwellers is yet to be revealed.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
We were given a little bin for the kitchen and a bigger one for collection. I suppose, in flats, communal bins would get to be pretty disgusting. It only takes one mucky resident.
We were given a little bin for the kitchen and a bigger one for collection. I suppose, in flats, communal bins would get to be pretty disgusting. It only takes one mucky resident.
We have a large wheelie bin to cover kitchen and garden waste combined. Much of our stuff goes on the compost heap anyway, but it does come in useful.
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A better solution would be to move people to where there is water rather than insist on building homes in the south east where space and water are scarce.