'Hose pipes are not evil' - no - but this argument reminds me of the sort of arguments the NRA make against gun control
I have been using bathwater and washing up water in the garden. I don't really care if using a hosepipe to siphon it is 'technically against the rules' because that is silly.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
We only ever have showers and have a dishwasher so no grey water. Hosepipe for me then but, like @Lyn, I have new plants waiting to go out but all gathered together in a nursery area with some shade so they can be cared for more easily till the heatwaves are over and we've had some decent rain and the prospect of more.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
We have irrigation on a timer on our raised veggie beds, it comes on twice a day. The blackbirds are making use of the damp soil to find worms, they won't find any in the ground without a pick axe. Cuttings are also in a shady place needing lass water.
We don't have any water on our allotment, when the water butts run out it has to be taken in milk containers from home. It's usually only the polytunnel which gets watered, everything else takes pot luck.
I have been using bathwater and washing up water in the garden. I don't really care if using a hosepipe to siphon it is 'technically against the rules' because that is silly.
I remember someone being prosecuted for doing it a few years ago. "Silly" or not , it's against the law.
Well that's the only prosecution for flouting a hose pipe ban I'm aware of..I was going to say, in the last 10 years..but actually, 'ever'. Who prosecuted the perpetrator of this heinous crime? In my experience water companies have no inclination or money nor want the negative PR of clapping somebody in irons for watering their hanging baskets.
So you can have an expensive, plumbed in grey water collection system or collect your bathwater in cans/receptacle of your choice and trudge up and down the stairs with them but you can’t syphon it to save money, tap water and your legs? Nuts.
Interesting to read people’s perspectives (and cheeky hosepipe ban dodges). I definitely water less pointing a hose directly at the roots of a plant than using a can due to the boredom factor. When I use the hose to fill a row of cans, while they are filling I can be watering while filling or even doing a quick bit of deadheading and weeding. Got to get your timing right though!
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I have been using bathwater and washing up water in the garden. I don't really care if using a hosepipe to siphon it is 'technically against the rules' because that is silly.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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"Silly" or not , it's against the law.
Who prosecuted the perpetrator of this heinous crime?
In my experience water companies have no inclination or money nor want the negative PR of clapping somebody in irons for watering their hanging baskets.
Interesting to read people’s perspectives (and cheeky hosepipe ban dodges). I definitely water less pointing a hose directly at the roots of a plant than using a can due to the boredom factor. When I use the hose to fill a row of cans, while they are filling I can be watering while filling or even doing a quick bit of deadheading and weeding. Got to get your timing right though!