So, I ended up being able to use the gray water from the bath, kitchen sink AND washing machine to water my fruit trees and garden. I really want to be able to do that again because it’s no use having all that “good” water going to the sewer plant.<<<
We would be dangerous if we lived near each other.
My kitchen water goes to a fig tree, that has died of old age now but lived on it for over 35 years and some blooming desert trees.
The bathtub goes to the huge male mulberry tree and once, when I had a washer, it went to a bamboo bed and other plants.
When we first moved to Arizona, we hauled water for the first 2 or 3 years, and in the beginning, in anything that would hold it, small and trouble, but water.
Later there was a 500 gallon tank on a trailer and that made it so much easier, so did the 2,000 gallon storage tank.
Where I was born, you took a bucket and went out to the tank, fed by the windmill, shooed the cows out of the way and got a bucket of water.
If you have not found your local Freecycle group, it is worth taking the time to google for Freecycle group [add your town or state] and join.
I can’t take part in it, but made sure that the family knew how to post and get rid of a lot of my stuff when I am gone.
Folks out there need everything and better yet, folks out there give away all kinds of things that I would love to have.
Today, I stopped reading the back issues of the days posts for the Freecycle group near me, I was talking to Scott about it and said “there is one here that I was going to put in the file, it is a week old, but it will give you an idea of what they are doing...”
And there it was a 4 year old Doxie cross male dog, trained and house broke..........and I missed it.
I miss not having a dog, can’t have a pup, as he will chew the oxygen hose and can’t care for a large dog.
There are often flower pots and building materials given away for free.
And that's not just a true statement about the used water usage either. When I read the things you used for planters I thought that you should see my collection. If it holds dirt and I can figure out how to make a hole in it, it's a planter. I gotta drill to help with that. If I can't get a hole in something it's a saucer.
Last summer I found a bunch of old light fixtures in the old shed here. You know the kind that go over the bare light bulbs in the ceiling? Grama replaced her lights with ceiling fans and those old fixtures were in the shed. Some of 'em had holes. Having had the same experience you had with glass containers and the green slime I filled 'em up with soil for succulents that don't need much water. Keeps the green stuff from forming if I don't have to water often. And I had the prettiest succulent trays you can imagine. Used a couple for Christmas gifts this year. They were a hit!
I had not heard of freecycle though. Am about to sign on. Dunno if they'll have anything close to me, I am a ways from a big town, but I also have to make it into the big towns from time to time.
My sweetie sent me an email earlier that said he'd be home later than normal tonight cause a lady posted on Craig's List that she had a bunch of free plastic planters. He works in town 50 miles from here. He's going to get me the pots before he comes home. ;-)