Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Gardens and Plants #107, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Watering restrictions, oh yeah! We have very strict permanent regs as to when we can water here, since Florida is virtually a desert for 8 months of the year, and our population doubles in the dry season (fall, winter, spring).

Also, our water is terribly expensive. Would you believe I have resorted to collecting gray water? Our bath and shower water gets pumped (with a little electric bilge pump we keep for our boats) outside to a special rain barrel and used to water all my potted treasures, plus new plants in the ground. The little bit of soap doesn't seem to hurt at all.

This time of year, we do usually get enough rain to keep all the rain barrels full, but I'll tellya, in June I sure was hauling a lot of water around here!