rainwater watering in small spaces

Jun 07, 2010 1 Replies

Hi. My first post!



I live in a small cottage in a Conservation Area on the Channel coast. I have a couple of hanging baskets at the front of my house and they are sited next to a rainwater pipe. My rear garden has an automatic watering system but these baskets are too far away to be fed from this. Does anyone have any thoughts/experience about using rainwater from the front of the house? Unfortunately these 200yr old properties do not have gardens to the front so I cannot install a water butt and, whatever I do use, it has to be relatively discrete due to conservation laws. Thanks.


How do you water the baskets now? What is your primary aim, to water the plants more easily or to use roof water instead of wasting it? I am assuming that you have mains pressure water supply. Where is the nearest part of your household cold water supply pipes to these baskets?

David

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