Showering Your Plants
A few months ago, I tested something called a Rechargeable Water Bag that I used for a houseplant. Basically, you put the large bag in a bucket of water, it swells up, and it slowly waters your plants at their roots over 30 days. Each time you rewater the plant, the bag recharges and you never have to really worry about your plants again.
So, I figured I would remember to water this guy at least once every month. Wrong.
Today, as I was waiting for the water to warm up in the shower, I noticed I could easily just plop the plant in the shower and let the cold water coming down water the plant and then swap it out once it gets warm.
If you have one of those shower/tub combos, you could easily fill up a watering can with cold water this way, too. Once it’s full, your water would be warm enough to shower…and you’ll have a watering can full of clean water for all your thirsty plants.
Living in a drought stricken area with water restrictions means myself and pretty much everyone I know keeps a bucket in the shower for just such a reason.
The water is then used for watering plants, flushing to toilet or sneaking out in the night to give the car a bit of a clean up (as washing your car at home is illegal at this level of water restriction)
This is sooo easy to do… I’m with you on this one Danny.
I also planted a little herb garden on my kitchen window sill. Now I dump the excess water from washing dishes into the planter =)
This is sooo easy to do… I’m with you on this one Danny.
I also planted a little herb garden on my kitchen window sill. Now I dump the excess water from washing dishes into the planter =)