Disclaimer as I revive my blog: This blog is my adventure with living off the land. All things local, natural, and creative. It will be about my journey. Posts will be quick as I don't have much time. There will be errors in my typing but I am allowing myself to be comfortable with that so I can get my thoughts down. I'll write this little blog for myself and if someone reads it and gets inspired. Great! If not, at least I have my journey written down for my boys to read some day. And so I can look back and say, "WOW! I did that!" (since my memory is terrible)
Blog post about Greywater:
Tomorrow the Tucson Community Food Bank comes out and talks to me about installing a grey water system. I have been wanting to use the grey water from my washing machine for watering a garden or tree for many years. But step by step, slow and steady, and now is the time. I don't know anything about the mechanics of it. I attended a workshop about it and have seen diagrams so I am excited to physically see how it will be done. Tomorrow is just signing paperwork, not the actual work.
One big thing about grey water is the detergent you use. We use Charlie's Soap. We bought it 2 years ago and still have about 1/2 the 5 gallon bucket to use. It only requires 1 Tablespoon of soap per load. Clothes always come out fresh. It is for high efficiency washers and is biodegradable. I have a front load high efficiency washer. However, Charlie's Soap contains salt. Salt is a big no-no with grey water. Trees and gardens do not like salt being poured on them. So, we will have to figure out what to do with our detergent.
Blog post about Greywater:
Tomorrow the Tucson Community Food Bank comes out and talks to me about installing a grey water system. I have been wanting to use the grey water from my washing machine for watering a garden or tree for many years. But step by step, slow and steady, and now is the time. I don't know anything about the mechanics of it. I attended a workshop about it and have seen diagrams so I am excited to physically see how it will be done. Tomorrow is just signing paperwork, not the actual work.
One big thing about grey water is the detergent you use. We use Charlie's Soap. We bought it 2 years ago and still have about 1/2 the 5 gallon bucket to use. It only requires 1 Tablespoon of soap per load. Clothes always come out fresh. It is for high efficiency washers and is biodegradable. I have a front load high efficiency washer. However, Charlie's Soap contains salt. Salt is a big no-no with grey water. Trees and gardens do not like salt being poured on them. So, we will have to figure out what to do with our detergent.
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