I have also my toms @Obelixx and there’s nothing wrong with that, but why Rachel (don’t know her last name) needs 30 pots in front of her house if she has a walled garden and we didn’t see the other garden part, this is going into the wrong direction. Yes, gardening is private matter, but then stay off from public water supplies, and don’t take the groundwater to water fancy stuff.
At least the water used for watering gardens goes into the soil and any excess eventually percolates down to aquifers or whatever and doesn’t overload the drainage and sewage systems, resulting in the pollution of waterways, rivers etc with sewage.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think it depends where you live @Simone_in_Wiltshire. I wouldn't worry about using mains water in wetter parts such as the Lake district, a lot of western Scotland, Lancashire and Wales. I'd be very careful in parts of Essex and most of the south east of England where rainfall is so much less and demand so much higher owing to high population density.
Here I take the view that there is an enormous reservoir in the village - tho levels did get very low last year - and we are a small household so making fewer demands for personal hygiene than many households. We save water run from taps while it gets hot and I do use it on edibles and just a few ornamentals in pots and then mains water for the seep hoses for the veg plot.
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)."
Gardens are for the pleasure of the people that make them, and there is an added benefit that gardens are good for the environment, and for the gardener's health.
Others should not be dictating what is acceptable or not.
Enjoy your garden how you want to.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Haven't watched the programme but it seems that some of us have an issue with pot watering. Last year in the hot weather, I filled a large trug with water and a bit of fertiliser and dunked the pots and movable containers until the bubbles stopped. An efficient use of water, I think.
Of course, as @Obelixx, stresses correctly, it depends where you live, if there is water shortage and a known issue with water pressure in summer months. The Cotswolds have not only a water, but they have areas that are higher up and regularly affected by water shortage in summer because the pressure is not strong enough. I wonder why you defend the extended waste of water, @punkdoc , because half the forum realised last year that the amount of pots they had in their gardens needed to be tremendously downsized. I'm only asking the Gardeners World programme and magazine to stop the advertisement for mad gardens only made of pots despite being big enough and having enough soil to work with, or these showroom entrances just for design pleasure and watering these pots need more water a week then an entire garden.
I am not defending the waste of water, but I am defending people’s right to choose how they garden, without being told by others what to do. I have chosen to decrease the number of pots I have, partly to reduce workload, and partly to use less water, but I seriously resent being told that having pots is bad.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
It takes a particular type of mindset to declare that resources used for things that please the eye, give the soul pleasure and make the heart glad are ‘wasted’.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I will continue to cover the paved areas of my garden with large pots and I will continue to plant up and enjoy my hanging baskets. I live in the suburbs on a fairly busy road and get many positive comments about my front garden.people have told me it brightens their day to see so many lovely flowers. It’s also always alive with insects and lots of birds so I don’t consider a drop of water wasted.
As @B3 describes - there are ways of watering pots that can be a much more efficient method, but it's much harder if they're sizeable, so it's working out a way that suits you and your conditions if you're in one of the areas that gets so little consistent rain.
We often complain about the amount of rain here, and it's a bit of a running joke in our psyche, but every time I read posts from people on the forum who've had no rain for weeks - sometimes months, I thank my lucky stars I live here. I'd hate to have to save every pint of water from baths/showers/washing up etc to water a favourite plant to prevent it dying.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I ♥ my garden.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Here I take the view that there is an enormous reservoir in the village - tho levels did get very low last year - and we are a small household so making fewer demands for personal hygiene than many households. We save water run from taps while it gets hot and I do use it on edibles and just a few ornamentals in pots and then mains water for the seep hoses for the veg plot.
Others should not be dictating what is acceptable or not.
Enjoy your garden how you want to.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I wonder why you defend the extended waste of water, @punkdoc , because half the forum realised last year that the amount of pots they had in their gardens needed to be tremendously downsized.
I'm only asking the Gardeners World programme and magazine to stop the advertisement for mad gardens only made of pots despite being big enough and having enough soil to work with, or these showroom entrances just for design pleasure and watering these pots need more water a week then an entire garden.
I ♥ my garden.
I have chosen to decrease the number of pots I have, partly to reduce workload, and partly to use less water, but I seriously resent being told that having pots is bad.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
mindset to declare that resources used for things that please the eye, give the soul pleasure and make the heart glad are ‘wasted’.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We often complain about the amount of rain here, and it's a bit of a running joke in our psyche, but every time I read posts from people on the forum who've had no rain for weeks - sometimes months, I thank my lucky stars I live here. I'd hate to have to save every pint of water from baths/showers/washing up etc to water a favourite plant to prevent it dying.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...