Re: watering shrubs

Derek Mark Edding wrote:
> 
> We have started saving water in various ways to keep some for our 
> plants.  We have a 5 gallon bucket in our kitchen for when we need hot 
> water to wash dishes.  Our kitchen is far enough from the water heater 
> that it takes most of a gallon of water to get the water running hot. 
> Now I put the bucket under the tap when I need to bring up the hot 
> water, so there's always some extra for the plants.

Something I read recently about water conservation is to set the water 
on hot, begin to fill the sink, using the initial cold water to temper 
the eventual hot water.

-- 
Susan