Attention: Drought Stricken Family Gardners. Reduce garden H2O use 50%!

TalkingDog

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Sat Nov-10-07 07:37 PM
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Attention: Drought Stricken Family Gardners. Reduce garden H2O use 50%!

http://www.sowerproject.org/drip_irrigation.html

The kits are about 7 to 10 dollars each. 2 kits can water an area large to feed a family of 7 (along with biointensive methods) We will be using this for our food garden.

And the proceeds go to a good cause.

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pansypoo53219

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Sat Nov-10-07 09:16 PM
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1. live by lake mich.

i STILL don't water much.

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knitter4democracy

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Sun Nov-11-07 10:02 AM
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5. I try not to, and I live further inland.

I only did in the worst of the drought this summer. I found that planting the plants in hexagonal patterns instead of rows so that they grew closer together really helped, too.

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NJCher

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Sun Nov-11-07 07:44 AM
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2. bookmarked that

The article also points out that mulch is important in helping the soil retain water. One drought year, I saved up a huge amount of chopped leaves and used them as mulch. It really helped my crops retain the water. When other gardeners were throwing in the towel, I was happily harvesting my vegetables just like I normal. I used drip irrigation in the form of drip hoses in raised beds.

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DemoTex

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Sun Nov-11-07 08:40 AM
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3. And when it DOES rain, harvest the rainwater!

In theory, a rainwater harvesting system can collect approximately 0.62 gallons of water per square foot of roof area, per inch of rainfall. In practice, however, there is always some loss due to first flush, evaporation, splash-out, overshoot from gutters, and possible leaks. Most installers use an efficiency of about 75 to 85 percent for the system.

http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/iwt/rainwater.asp

In other words, the run-off from a one-inch rain on a 1000 sq ft roof is about 620 gals. Assuming a 75% collection efficiency, that could mean 465 gals of water into a collection cistern.

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bonito

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Sun Nov-11-07 09:18 AM
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4. That's a great idea thanks n/t

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