I decided - I can't keep on bucketing water to save my country - this is the 21st century. I made some calls - there is a 22 week waiting list to buy a tank, and they will sell me a pump to get my bathwater to the garden for $1,000. Its a terrace house, with plumbing hidden, which is why I had let myself give up earlier. Not any longer - those poor farmers. And letting my garden die won't help the environment - the garden, its bugs and microbes, they ARE the environment.
I called my creative friend Dominic over for a solution. "Hey, the washing machine IS a pump", he said. "Just put it outside".
Frank the wire artist did all the fixing and shifting, we found a cover, better detergent, and now everyone seems happy. Especially the hydrangeas.
We will think about winter when winter comes. A coiled black hose sitting in the sun sounds like it could be good. Who can help me with that?
The laundry is now the bulk organic food room. Bring your olive oil bottles to be filled when you visit. Dominic, you are brilliant.
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