My Parents are a bit selfish don't you think?

[waterlegoblocks]

My Parents live in an area where the water companies have set messages to everyone telling them not to use hosepipes over the coming days due to the extreme heat. When I spoke to my parents earlier they said they are still going to use the hosepipe as they pay a lot of money for water usage and if they are not going to receive a discount for being told not to use water they are going to carry on using it as they like to water their garden most days during the Summer.

Tricky isn't it.
I find it hard to carry a watering can up the steps to my garden.
I'd have to make around fifty trips.
I grow lots of veg, salad etc...
so do I let them die?
If I put a hose in my watering can , what's the difference?

We've had a letter asking us to not use a hosepipe. I completely understand but , like many others, do we just let our crops die?

A ban is different. Then I'd have to let all my crops die.

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We don't have a large garden. We do have 5 waterbutts, 2 of them are enormous, and all almost completely empty now !! It's the fruitiing plants I'm targeting (courgettes, fruit trees). Kitchen water & shower water being used next.

I have a drip feed system which I can attach to the water butts. I don't run it all the time but I can if I need to.

I am amazed at these people who cant possibly water their garden with a watering can, yet manage to maintain such huge gardens and presumably manage to leave their gardens whilst they go on holiday.

There are solutions available. Its just a hosepipe is easier for the hard of thinking.

I try my best to adhere to the hosepipe rules .. I think of it this way - I pay the same water rates as every other household. I live on my own ... I do not have children. I do not have a shower so have taken to two small baths a week. The other two baths I have at my partner's house; I take a bath and he follows in the same water saving water. I do not flush the toilet every time saving water. I use my washing machine once a week saving water (I don't have a large household who need to have their washing machine on most 5 days a week). I don't have children requiring to be bathed saving water. I don't have a paddling pool to fill saving water. I don't have a dishwasher saving water. I don't have mountains of pots to wash *saving water. THEREFORE if I wish to water my garden once a week I think I am eligible to do so. Sometimes situations have to be put into context. I only use the hosepipe when absolutely necessary ... I keep an eye on the weather reports all the time.

I am amazed at these people who cant possibly water their garden with a watering can, yet manage to maintain such huge gardens and presumably manage to leave their gardens whilst they go on holiday.

My garden is just over an acre. It would take at least a couple of hours with a hosepipe, so I'd guess maybe six to eight with a watering can. I'm away at the moment - I watered it with a hosepipe before I left and my parents are watering the pots while I'm gone. The rest will have to wait until I'm back and hopefully won't need it if it's rained.

I'm on a water meter and it's very rare that I water the plants in the beds unless they're at death's door. I wouldn't water the lawn as that will hopefully recover in time. I also think there's a difference between leaving a sprinkler on and putting half a watering can's worth of water on a plant using the hose.

for watering the garden I use one of those industrial containers, that hold 1000 litres of water, but that's mostly been filled via rain water.

Dishwashers save water, not the other way around.

The tests that 'show' D-washers save water,. had hand-washing happen in a way we don't do it. Also, we use gray water (like from handwashing) for things like flushing toilets. So... not the same calculus as those experiments.

I find the DWasher more convenient & time-saving so use it mainly for that.