tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post729874670177699415..comments2024-03-28T14:44:52.307-06:00Comments on BLD in MT : Living a Simple Life in This Interconnected World: Eggplants, Clemantis, and the LikeBLD in MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449967376288331137noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-78718557938014266792012-07-27T13:12:16.690-06:002012-07-27T13:12:16.690-06:00All excellent suggestions, some of which I do (veg...All excellent suggestions, some of which I do (veg wash water, veg boiling water, etc.)some of which I don't (shower water catching)and some of which I can't figure out how I would. (Like the food dehydrator. Does your catch the water? Mine doesn't. Or maybe I am being dense.)<br /><br />The ditch is full again today. Hooray.<br /><br />I do think I will stash some containers while it is full. We're saving our pennies to have rain gutter installed on the metal roof which will make it ideal for rain barrels, but no reason we can't catch some in the meantime just in buckets.BLD in MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497511995276601468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-67888553119596932732012-07-27T13:08:28.416-06:002012-07-27T13:08:28.416-06:00Thanks, Mary! I look forward to it. We are campi...Thanks, Mary! I look forward to it. We are camping, but I see no reason that should prevent us from joining in. It will be a real treat to have a Moosewood meal out in the forest. We might just have to be sure we're adequately prepared! <br /><br />Do you know what you're going to make yet?BLD in MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497511995276601468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-55486497750302154422012-07-27T07:26:07.004-06:002012-07-27T07:26:07.004-06:00Hello!
I'd like to personally invite you and ...Hello!<br /><br />I'd like to personally invite you and your readers to Moosewood Sunday July 29th. Very informal with no rules, just a cyber sharing of happiness.<br /><br />I adore eggplant, and clematis!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032479084775154076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-52628674167950602512012-07-26T19:45:16.019-06:002012-07-26T19:45:16.019-06:00Your garden is so lush. I remember when it seemed ...Your garden is so lush. I remember when it seemed to be bare dirt with a smidgen of green. For the water, find another source rather than paying for it. When the ditch is full, pump some into barrels or 5 gallon buckets. Set five gallon buckets in the rain. Catch water from your gutters or just off the house. <br /><br />Some people shower with a bucket to catch the first water before it gets warm from the shower head. Others just leave the bucket in the shower to catch water that is going down the drain. I used to bail the tub since I take baths. If you have a window ac, catch that for the garden. <br /><br />You can put goldfish in any barrel to keep mosquito populations down in the standing water. Or, a squirt of Dawn destroys the water tension so mosquitoes drown instead of being able to lay eggs. Eggs have to attach themselves to the water tension at the surface. Dawn drown the mosquito eggs, too. <br /><br />If you use water in the sink to rinse vegetables or whatever, let none of it go down the drain; catch it for the garden, same for the bathroom sink. Use water that you boil pasta or potatoes in for the garden. Soap will not hurt the garden. So, if you wash dishes in the sink as opposed to a dishwasher, throw the dishwater on the garden. Women have been doing that for centuries. However, use only something like Dawn, something with nothing to damage plants. <br /><br />I have used the water from a dehydrator. <br /><br />I heard of someone who gathered all water bottles from a convention or meetings and brought the bottles home to water her garden. Collect those from anywhere. Soon, your friends and colleagues will help you by saving theirs for you, the crazy tree hugger.<br /><br />You have more water than you think.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com