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Post by braided-rug on Jan 13, 2007 13:14:45 GMT 10
Well, there is no backyard pool fun or playing under the sprinklers this year. We aren't allowed to have toys or water the lawn.
I was so surprised to see my old house this year, it looks like a desert.
However, it is mostly green here which is nice, and the kids can go to the town pool.
It is just so hot. We have had two really hot days, but today has been nice so far.
Pity about the smoke in the air. It is so dry because of a drought.
There is still plenty of water coming down the Mitta River, which we are very lucky to have.
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Post by cupcake on Jan 15, 2007 16:18:06 GMT 10
Are you near the river too Braided rug? CAn you pump out of it into your yard to water it?
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Post by braided-rug on Jan 15, 2007 17:34:50 GMT 10
No, it is quite a few miles away.
When you talk about your river cupcake it reminds me so much of how it was where I grew up. I was very much a river flats girl. When I go out of town for groceries sometimes here, when I come home, the first sight I have of our town here, is the river flats with the town behind. I love that. That part was still green a week ago, but nowhere as green as the time before that.
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 7, 2007 14:05:44 GMT 10
Last week when we got the newspaper it said they had cancelled the Show (county fair) because of the drought.
Today we have a notice that we are on stage 3 water restrictions. It explained why which helped me to understand about the cancelation of the show.
We have to use the carwash to wash the car, and have reduced watering days to two a week. Will have to read it some more.
How about you Violet?
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Post by violet on Feb 8, 2007 11:39:52 GMT 10
What a shame about the Show.
As for car washing, there is a way around the restrictions, which is probably good practice at any time, although I must stress that I have a small car.
I catch the last rinse water from the machine, which is a bucket full. Then I use an Enjo car washing mitten and a Sabco (I think) microfibre cloth that was in the car aisle at Kmart, and a spray bottle of something called waterless car wash.
I spray a very small amount of the wash onto the car, then dip the Enjo in the bucket and rub it over the wash. The Enjoy must be really wet at all times, or it will scratch. Then do that to another small section of the car. As I finish each section, I go back to the previous one and wipe it with the microfibre cloth which removes any missed bits as well as drying it. By the time I've done the whole car, it's dry and clean. I start with the windows.
The whole process takes about 15 minutes and uses a half bucket of water.
Nowhere near as much fun as squirting a hose everywhere, but efficient and I don't end up drenched.
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 8, 2007 13:32:40 GMT 10
Thanks Violet. I really didn't want to go to the carwash.
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 10, 2007 10:11:12 GMT 10
We have been using our rinse water. We are also happy we didn't take my nappy bucket/diaper pails to the op-shop. Some are stuck together though, so hopefully they will come apart.
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Post by braided-rug on May 2, 2007 23:36:57 GMT 10
Our water restrictions are coming back down now, not sure how everyone else is going.
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Post by violet on May 5, 2007 23:06:14 GMT 10
No change here. We went up a level a month ago, and the restrictions have remained the same.
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Post by braided-rug on May 5, 2007 23:47:48 GMT 10
Are you on stage 4 Violet?
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 6, 2007 19:20:06 GMT 10
Back to buckets again for us, even though the river is high.  |
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Post by violet on Jul 6, 2007 22:04:46 GMT 10
No further change in restrictions here. Water storage has increased a bit, too, which is wonderful.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 27, 2007 9:41:49 GMT 10
It has been raining quite a lot overnight here. This morning though I have been thinking we may need to install watering systems as we are going to be quite busy and the times given to water are very restrictive.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 29, 2007 21:28:58 GMT 10
The new place we are hopefully moving to has low water restrictions. Just this week though I heard the federal government has taken over, so who knows what will eventually happen. At least we are on flatter ground and could possibly get a bore.
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 6, 2007 13:54:47 GMT 10
The government hasn't taken over yet apparently. However, the town we are moving to is on stage 3 as well. So we will have to work on a system here, and use the washing machine, bucket method there, I guess, though they do have two systems I think. We have potted up so many plants, it is going to take some work to establish them.  |
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