Ditto here. I never water the garden either except when I have just put new plants in. I have a minimum of plants in pots and usually they are less water hungry plants like pelargoniums. Gave up on things like petunias in pots years ago (laziness to water rather than water conservation).
Thank goodness it has been heavy rain here today - the garden has been parched and this is the first decent rain since March!
'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
I'm another that doesn't water unless things are young - they have to fend for themselves and if they're struggling, I'll move them.
If I move them a couple of times and they still don't like it then I have to say goodbye. Surprisingly, alchemilla mollis is on its second move in my garden, shame, 'cause I like it.
https://evengreener.com/ usually run specials on water butts and some councils will subsidise the cost. Mine doesn't but twice I've managed to get "buy one get one half price" from Evergreener and for less than what I've seen at garden centres.
Mulching definitely works. Also, as an added bonus, I've recently been weeding in two different people's gardens which were both quite overrun with bindweed. In the heavily mulched garden, although the bindweed grew through it, the soil underneath was soft and lovely and I had no problem digging out the roots, as opposed to another garden in the same neighbourhood, where the unmulched ground was nearly impossible to dig. (Note this is for herbaceous perennials and other ornamentals. Vegetable patches may be different.)
Can't think of any Hosta I can come up with some other dis-benefits though....over extraction of aquifers exacerbating drought in the southeast (cheaper than building dams), dumping sewage into rivers (cheaper than increasing treatment system capacity), contractual prohibition on using water company property for any purpose than water supply (so no hydro installations) - raising UK energy costs.....
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Even my friends who are the most devout, true blue, privitisation fans have never been able to give me one single benefit to the domestic consumer ( big business can strike a deal, funnily enough ) .
Just think of all the days off we will have though, no one will do a full weeks work from 1st of March until whitsun. You didn't think of that did you, we must all vote for JC, days off for the working man?
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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Ditto here. I never water the garden either except when I have just put new plants in. I have a minimum of plants in pots and usually they are less water hungry plants like pelargoniums. Gave up on things like petunias in pots years ago (laziness to water rather than water conservation).
Thank goodness it has been heavy rain here today - the garden has been parched and this is the first decent rain since March!
I'm another that doesn't water unless things are young - they have to fend for themselves and if they're struggling, I'll move them.
If I move them a couple of times and they still don't like it then I have to say goodbye. Surprisingly, alchemilla mollis is on its second move in my garden, shame, 'cause I like it.
https://evengreener.com/ usually run specials on water butts and some councils will subsidise the cost. Mine doesn't but twice I've managed to get "buy one get one half price" from Evergreener and for less than what I've seen at garden centres.
Mulching definitely works. Also, as an added bonus, I've recently been weeding in two different people's gardens which were both quite overrun with bindweed. In the heavily mulched garden, although the bindweed grew through it, the soil underneath was soft and lovely and I had no problem digging out the roots, as opposed to another garden in the same neighbourhood, where the unmulched ground was nearly impossible to dig. (Note this is for herbaceous perennials and other ornamentals. Vegetable patches may be different.)
Hmmmm I've just seen pigs flying passed my window
Can anyone give me one single benefit to the domestic consumer from the privitisation of water?
We have no choice who supplies our water and £billions go to their shareholders .
We're paying for that.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/10014779/Water-bills-rise-64pc-in-a-decade.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/a6808386.html
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/feb/09/rising-water-bills-profits
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Haven't found much benefit from any of the privatisations myself ........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Can't think of any Hosta
I can come up with some other dis-benefits though....over extraction of aquifers exacerbating drought in the southeast (cheaper than building dams), dumping sewage into rivers (cheaper than increasing treatment system capacity), contractual prohibition on using water company property for any purpose than water supply (so no hydro installations) - raising UK energy costs.....
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Even my friends who are the most devout, true blue, privitisation fans have never been able to give me one single benefit to the domestic consumer ( big business can strike a deal, funnily enough ) .
Just think of all the days off we will have though, no one will do a full weeks work from 1st of March until whitsun. You didn't think of that did you, we must all vote for JC, days off for the working man?
Rats! No Lyn. I never thought of that plus point
However, as I'm retired, maybe I shouldn't bother at all!
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