A Wonderful Harvest

I am having a meeting today with the powers that be in Rio Rancho, NM. Rio Rancho is next to Albuquerque. I am going to try to convince them that rain barrel rebates, and further public education on rainwater harvesting can make difference in the amount of water pulled from the aquifer and also in the quality of peoples' lives.

I love to garden. However, gardening takes water and unless you do some simple things the bills and the guilt may take a lot of please from that activity. I will be showing these nice people just what can be done with a little planning and even less effort.

Here is a picture of just some of the tomatoes I harvested from our small garden.

This garden has tomotoes, basil, thyme, yellow peppers, parsley, and they are watered only with water from our kitchen sink, rainwater and what we call "shower water". That is, water saved waiting for the water to get hot. The water from the kitchen sink is "pitcher water", water saved using the "Pitcher Approach" to water conservationl. That is we let the water run into a pitcher when rinsing fruits and veggies, a quick rinse of your hands, or anytime the water is barely used. We then put in a a rain barrel that is fitted with a 1/2 tubing drip system and gravity fed to water the garden. All free and easy.

I own Arid Solutions Inc.com and want people to save water but also to enjoy life!

For many people gardening is a quality of life issue. Let's help them continue enjoying life!