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Water Conservation
Ten ideas to save water in your garden:
1. Water in the early morning or evening to reduce evaporation.
2. Collect rainwater.
3. Fit a trigger nozzle to control the flow of the hosepipe.
4. Use watering-can roses only for watering seedlings, as the water does not go directly to the roots where it is needed.
5. Improve the soil structure with manure so it is moisture-retentive and rich in nutrient.
6. Use mulches such as gravel or bark to reduce evaporation.
7. Water strategically, favouring an infrequent thorough soaking to a little-and-often approach.
8. Lawns can survive long periods of drought if they are not cut too short. If you must water the lawn, infrequent soaking is better than regular sprinkling as it encourages deeper roots.
9. Consider an electronic watering system to deliver the right amount when it is needed.
10. Grow plants that are drought tolerant, such as Convolvulus cneorum, Crocosmias, Cystisus battandieri, Geranium macrorrhizum, Gleditsia, Lavenders, Libertia grandiflora, Passiflora caerulea, Christmas box and thymes.
Taken from Gardeners' World Magazine
FREE SHOWERSMART
If you are interested in saving water in the home then you may be interested in this gadget which you can get free at the moment. It is called a ShowerSmart and it makes your shower more efficient. The following link takes you to the offer:
http://www.eaga.com/freeshowersmart/
It is available through the same route that we get out low energy lightbulbs (that's why it is free). The details say it can save up to £600 over its lifetime, is suitable for all non-electric showers and regulates the flow rate to that of a powerful electric shower. For mains-fed showers (where hot water comes from a combi-boiler or similar), this saves both water and the associated energy with heating hot water. They say that for a 2-person household the ShowerSmart will typically save more than 12,000 litres per year, cut carbon emissions by 1 tonne of CO2 over its lifetime and save about £20 on gas and £20 on water bills (where metered) per year.
It appears to be free regardless of benefit status at present, so why not get one?
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Useful Water
Links
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