With the hosepipe ban, it has been awkward to water the pots and baskets hanging on the walls - I'm often watered more than the plants! So it was clear I needed to sort out some irrigation from the water butt. The pressure wasn't great enough coming out of the water butt to force water up to the higher pots, and @smallcasserole pointed out that if it was then I'd have invented a perpetual motion machine, so in the end it was easier to get some kind of pump than to change the laws of physics.
This little chap has proven very useful. It's not a direct link to the water butt, but it takes very little time to fill, and a few pumps are plenty to force the water up to the top pots.
I'm hoping the jasmine will grow a bit more, to cover the hoses. It's a kludge, but it's worked well, and the hose can always be hooked up to the mains taps when the ban has been lifted (though I rather like recycling our minging shower water).
This little chap has proven very useful. It's not a direct link to the water butt, but it takes very little time to fill, and a few pumps are plenty to force the water up to the top pots.
I'm hoping the jasmine will grow a bit more, to cover the hoses. It's a kludge, but it's worked well, and the hose can always be hooked up to the mains taps when the ban has been lifted (though I rather like recycling our minging shower water).
I have two of those in different sizes. The smaller one I still use for rain water I've collected. There was a time when the area where we live didn't have water supply. We had to purchase the water and have it delivered to our homes on a regular basis. The larger one was used during those times, for greater control over water consumption. It does/did its job. Sorry to hear about your hosepipe ban. I hope things work out soon.
ReplyDeleteIt's just one of those things I think we're going to be facing more frequently. At the moment I live in the south of the UK, which is probably going to take the brunt of droughts. Some day we'll move further north (I want to be back nearer to my parents), and water won't be such a problem (though frosts will). Fortunately we've had a fair bit of rain over the past few days, which has refilled the water butts.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Julia.
ReplyDeleteI read the title initally as irratating baskets and wondered whether someone elses backets had earned your wrath!