Saturday, July 7, 2012

Necessity, meet. . .

Well, the clothes washer was flooding the basement, and a quick check revealed that the drain pipe is clogged. No doubt years of clothes-with-pet-hair-chasers have finally sounded the call for snaking the pipe. And yet, my clothes need cleaning so I can exercise and wear jeans next week.

Divergent thinking to the rescue:



It overwhelms the bottle-funnel occasionally, but the water is not inside, not in the basement, and a lot of it is going to fruit trees and grapevines.


It's not the greywater system I'd really planned, but it works fine for now. At least until we figure out the drain and/or a better method for diverting it into the garden.

Which is looking pretty lovely right now, if I do say so myself. Harvests are just starting to feel as though I ought to get out there every single day, just in case.



In other news, someone turned seven this week and learned how to float on her back in the pool.


It's a pretty good summer so far.

6 comments:

Cozy Thyme Cottage said...

Happy Birthday to that litte "someone"! We have a little birthday girl tomorrow. Great thinking on recycling your water! Nancy

Stefaneener said...

Thanks for stopping by, Nancy. She's an absolute peach, although seven seems pretty old. We are going to need a lot of water in the coming few weeks, I think. Enjoy your birthday celebration too.

Dan said...

Your garden is looking lovely!

Stefaneener said...

Oh, Dan, thank you! So nice to see you here.

Stefaneener said...

Oh, Dan, thank you! So nice to see you here.

Ottawa Gardener said...

Happy birthday to your little girl and how is it that I don't see any weeds in your garden? I have to set up various grey water recycling systems though so far the grape vines seem alive.