How are all you gardeners coping with hosepipe ban?

[WendyS]

I have so many vegetables and special shrubs I'm trying to keep alive, but even using grey water and lugging endless watering cans around, it's hard work. Think I'll need a total back transplant by the end of summer ! And why should the Government get the large fine levied on Thames Water? Shouldn't that money be spent on speeding up the repair of all the leaking pipes?

[beryllium]

Hi WendyS, did you see on TV the couple that had a small train track around their garden?, they put a water butt type thing on the track and rolled it round with a hose type thing that sucked the water up and sprayed it over the plants......

brilliant, but of course no good for uslot that dont have a track round the garden lol.....

my herbs are doing ok, but they like heat.....

as for the government fining the water companies.....????

they have no brains!!!.....

i do hope the veggies and shrubs survive for you.....

B. xx

[Thunderbird+]

Hi WendyS, I know just how you feel! You, know it beats me how you can hose down your patio, when a good stiff broom would probably do but if you splash some water on your hollyhocks, you can land yourself in trouble with the law!
So far I've lost 4 varieties of thyme, I feel a rain dance coming on. All the Best. T bird+

[FoxLee]

I put water in a wheelbarrow from an outside tap, wheel it to where I most need to water plants and then dip a plastic jug in. It's a bit easier than walking up and down lugging a watering can and easier on the back. Especially if you can get someone else to move the wheelbarrow!!!

[hammerman]

I have a 3,000 gallon koi pond and i take the water from there using a can......whilst filling the pond up with a hose which is allowed !!!!!!

[Lonnie]

I'm with Essex and Suffolk, and so far, no ban, but i'm preparing, got three butts attached to the conservatory, a shed in the middle of the garden, and one at the other end, and am going to put butts on them as well.
I think the behaviour of Thames Water is disgusting, but then again, all they are interested in is taking the profits out of the country, Shouldn't be allowed.

[dancecaller]

I have a little sympathy with Water Boards who have a lot of old pipes. They have a thankless job. Pipes leak. Company mends pipes. Water pressure goes up, which causes pipes to leak somewhere else. And the washers in my old taps to leak (and yes, I did buy some new taps but they didn't last 5 minutes). Maybe they should be allowed to get on with the replacement programme and ignore small leaks.