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Post by esther on Mar 22, 2012 5:22:26 GMT
After reading the article in GN about the hosepipe ban mentioning exemptions I phoned our water company yesterday and had a chat with a very sympathetic lady who is going to send me some forms to fill in to see if I qualify  Keep your fingers crossed for me ,please |
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Post by grindle on Mar 22, 2012 6:34:47 GMT
is this because of your open garden this year Esther?
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Post by Tel on Mar 22, 2012 7:04:54 GMT
After reading the article in GN about the hosepipe ban mentioning exemptions I phoned our water company yesterday and had a chat with a very sympathetic lady who is going to send me some forms to fill in to see if I qualify Keep your fingers crossed for me ,please Fingers crossed esther. |
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Post by esther on Mar 22, 2012 7:05:43 GMT
Partly Grindle - also I am not allowed to lift anything heavy so I would only be able to use half a watering can of water at a time  I would not use any more water using a hose but it would be much easier for me. I am starting to feel really miserable and wonder if I should just bin all the plants I have grown  |
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Post by esther on Mar 22, 2012 7:06:09 GMT
Thanks Tel |
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Post by Tel on Mar 22, 2012 7:06:31 GMT
They say this dry weather is going to continue for at least another 10 days.
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 22, 2012 7:39:03 GMT
Partly Grindle - also I am not allowed to lift anything heavy so I would only be able to use half a watering can of water at a time I would not use any more water using a hose but it would be much easier for me. I am starting to feel really miserable and wonder if I should just bin all the plants I have grown :oHang in there Esther..hopefully you will qualify....fingers cossed xx |
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Post by grindle on Mar 22, 2012 8:30:28 GMT
Partly Grindle - also I am not allowed to lift anything heavy so I would only be able to use half a watering can of water at a time I would not use any more water using a hose but it would be much easier for me. I am starting to feel really miserable and wonder if I should just bin all the plants I have grown I'll keep everything crossed for you Esther, I do hope they see sense and they let you use the hosepipe |
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Post by Cherry on Mar 22, 2012 8:36:03 GMT
I am wishing for the best results for you too.
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Post by SueA on Mar 22, 2012 11:03:08 GMT
Hope you get an exemption Esther. I have heard something about those drip/seep hose type systems being exempt too in some areas, do you have anything like that you could use?
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Post by Cherry on Mar 23, 2012 16:54:54 GMT
The news today pictured a reporter at Denver Sluice which is between us and the shops and showed us the stupidity of sending enough water to fill an Olympic size swimming pool (you know how they go on) every twenty minutes to Essex. Essex does not have a water ban thanks to Norfolk, but we do. We could watch it pouring into the channel bound for Essex. So annoying.
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 23, 2012 23:11:07 GMT
As I understand it, some water companies have exemptions for ove 65s. So you wrinklies should check before struggling with watering cans ;D
Personally I do not use a hose other than to top up the fishpond when a water change is required. All watering of plants in containers is done using a watering can filled from the rain butts.
Occasionally I will pressure wash the drive but that isn't really gardening.
Indeed the only plants that ever get watered here are those in containers or in g'house plus watering in only of new plantings. Everything else has to fend for itself.
I remember during a ban in Surrey I poure over 50 2 gallon cans of water on my sweetpea beds which were bone dry with the ground cracking open.
It didn't make the slightest bit of difference but when the rain finally came, the plants responded almost immediately with new growth and longer stems.
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Post by esther on Apr 5, 2012 4:52:26 GMT
I heard from the water company - I am allowed to use a hose instead of a watering can ;D
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Post by grindle on Apr 5, 2012 5:33:21 GMT
;D that's really good news Esther
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Post by Rosie on Apr 5, 2012 7:55:15 GMT
Thats very good news for you Esther, Cherry maybe you should check if you can use a hose too.
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Keep your fingers crossed for me ,please 
I would not use any more water using a hose but it would be much easier for me. I am starting to feel really miserable and wonder if I should just bin all the plants I have grown 
