Thursday, July 21, 2011

How to syphon water from the tub to water plants with a hose

1) Put the end of the hose in the tub and turn on the hose for a minute, keeping the end under water.
2) Turn off the hose, still keeping the end under water.
3) Raise up the middle of the hose over a door or something high, window sill, etc.
4) Unscrew the end of the hose where it screws into the faucet.
5) Check at this point to see if there's suction on the end of the hose that's in the tub, always keeping it under water.
6) Once you have suction, the water should drain from the tub onto your plants! Don't let the end of the hose that's in the tub come out or you'll lose suction and you'll have to start all over.

There you have it, recycled water!

ps You can't raise the hose up high to water planters etc, you'll lose suction.
pps Must use environmentally friendly soaps, etc.

the back garden grows!

Finally the perimeter is filled with beautiful bamboo that will soon block out the view of the houses behind us. It's starting to feel so lush and private. I can lay in bed and watch the bamboo waving in the wind.

Since we remodeled our house, we have a beautiful new bathtub. I use it every day but was plagued with guilt about how much water I was wasting until my Dad clued me into the fact that I can syphon the water using our garden house and use it to water the plants!

Sophie loves playing in her playhouse, cooking up pots of flowers on her stove.