Recycling Water

Living in Miami in the winter is glorious. Your summer is our winter. With highs of 84 each day, sun, sun, and more sun. We get an occasional rain, but it only happens when a major cold front blasts across the States. Denver gets 14 inches of snow. Chicago gets ice. We get a rain of clouds and some rain.

In this dry season, it's important to get enough water to our gardens. The standard way would be to water the garden from the hose. However, Miami is in a drought. Crazy right? we are surrounded by water, it's true. But we get our drinkable water supply from a large underground aquifer that starts at Lake Okeechobee in the central part of Florida.  To water our lawns or wash our cars from the hose, is literally taking water from our mouths. Instead we can easily recycle gallons of water.

Simple. Keep a bucket near the shower and a pitcher next to the kitchen sink. The shower bucket can catch the extra water from the shower.  Many people let the water warm up a bit before jumping in,  catch it instead of wasting it. Most people rinse their dishes before loading dish washer.  Many people toss out the water left undrunk in a glass. Catch it in the pitcher. The plants won't mind the bits of orange juice pulp or the crumbs from the sandwich. 

Try it and tell us how it goes.