While enjoying my morning herbal tea I heard the strangest noise - shh,shh getting louder and louder, after 
figuring out what it was I 
decided to take a pic -
figuring out what it was I 
decided to take a pic - The noise was my
neighbors sprinkler system watering the garden - I was so surprised because -
1 - I haven't heard this noise since last summer.
2 - Did someone forget to tell them it's Spring the wettest time of the year.
3 - It's 6:30am - What are you doing!!
Don't get me wrong I love green grass, fresh flowers and seeing a beautiful lush garden but when will people realise that it's not necessary to start watering in the beginning of Spring just so you can have the greenest grass in the street for the Summer. Well our grass is not bright green, currently covered in a blanket of thatch which needs to be removed, though our flower beds are looking very healthy.
I remember last summer, when I would go for my morning walks while heavily pregnant with S, all you could hear was sprinklers coming on one after another and then see the water running down the street into the drains from over watering.
It really is a shame to see the water waste here, coming from OZ and living in UK both countries have hose water bans and a garden sprinkler system is out the question. You would get fined for being so wasteful. I wish they would do that here, it would stop the waste.
Last summer our county water department asked for people to water every other day, so if your house number was even you watered every even day and if an odd number then every other day.This bizarre system didn't really didn't work since people decided to water the lawn twice a day on the day's they could water.
Why are people so obsessed with green lawns?
I came across some interesting articles on water usage - domestic usage in 2000 and another article with some great ideas on how to reduce your water usage.
I'm going to review the articles again in order to practice what I preach!
Note: This year our sprinklers will run only once a day, every other day for a short amount of time and not during the peak heat of the day. Hopefully this will help to provide us with a smaller water bill each month, so far I'm planning for my sprinklers to start working late May/ early June - maybe even mid June.
1 comment:
It's always good to conserve water. I agree with you Colette! Now that we live in a house with an actual yard to keep nice, we do want to have a nice lush grass. I know that we only turn on the sprinklers at night or in the early AM, so as to not waste it during the heat of the day (in the summer). Its always good to learn more about water usage.
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