Patww79 wrote: » Lad on the news was saying it's only specifically hosepipes, so you can go town with buckets, etc.
homer911 wrote: » The wife has also decided that when she runs the hot tap, it wastes loads of water waiting for it to get hot, so she is filling a basin while she waits and then it goes on the plants..
homer911 wrote: » My fish pond is exempt, so I'm filling watering cans from the pond and topping up the pond with a hose as needed - at least the water doesnt go to waste.
magicbastarder wrote: » i think that may be within the letter rather than the spirit of the law. however, filling a watering can directly from the tap is legal and achieves the same end, rather than going via your more cicuitous option?
Patww79 wrote: » What in the name of all that's holy are you going on about? I meant to water plants, which was the whole point of this in the first place. At least everything doesn't need to be left die.
dclifford wrote: » I have watered the grass, 25 m2, for the last few weeks every evening. Grass has stayed pretty much green. So it stops now. Will it really come back as good as it is now? Lawn is about 2 yr old from Goulding No1 grass seed. Is there anything that can be done to help bees out with this hot, dry weather? I have water for the birds.
dclifford wrote: » I have watered the grass, 25 m2, for the last few weeks every evening. Grass has stayed pretty much green.
homer911 wrote: » Agreed, but at least this way I get to freshen the water in the pond. It gets quite "cloudy" in the sunshine
mrcheez wrote: » Curious, how do they enforce this with terraced properties where the garden is hidden from public view?!
Mark Horgan wrote: » We are urinating on the lawn, in countryside so no peeping toms or James. Why waste it down the toilet and then flush another 6 liters of water down the toilet. We are Saving on average 120 liters of water a day.
Deleted User wrote: » Another of my musings... That Lidl pool is enormous! It's 12ft in diameter. This ban applies only to 'the greater Dublin region'. I can't imagine there are many houses in and around Dublin that would comfortably accommodate this pool in the first place? Most terraced house gardens are generally more suited to smaller pools half the size? Wonder would they (the pools) really have any bearing on the water issue. Considering most would be best suited to larger (generally detached) houses with huge gardens (that Dublin definitely has some of, but not a whole heap of), I'd imagine most punters would be more interested in getting one of these pools for their gardens in Cavan and Monaghan and what have you, rather than in Dublin? I'd imagine that not many will really be sold (or filled) in Dublin in general (entirely guessing)?
endacl wrote: » How did plants, after millions of years of evolution, suddenly get so soft since the invention of the hose?
[Deleted User] wrote: » Another of my musings... That Lidl pool is enormous! It's 12ft in diameter. This ban applies only to 'the greater Dublin region'. I can't imagine there are many houses in and around Dublin that would comfortably accommodate this pool in the first place? Most terraced house gardens are generally more suited to smaller pools half the size? Wonder would they (the pools) really have any bearing on the water issue. Considering most would be best suited to larger (generally detached) houses with huge gardens (that Dublin definitely has some of, but not a whole heap of), I'd imagine most punters would be more interested in getting one of these pools for their gardens in Cavan and Monaghan and what have you, rather than in Dublin? I'd imagine that not many will really be sold (or filled) in Dublin in general (entirely guessing)?
iamtony wrote: » I'm the grand scheme of things I think you are correct, it is insignificant. P. S my Dublin City Garden is 60 odd foot long and about 30 foot wide. I was thinking of getting 2 pools across with a six foot gap down the middle and 5 lenght ways down the garden. Might get another 2 for the front garden:) we're not living in Japan a lot of people have big gardens and those pools will sell like hot cakes there will be ques outside each store.
TomOnBoard wrote: » Good man Tony Thats the spirit! So, is it 10 or 12 pools in total? Its just so you can work out the number of bucketloads of water you'll need to factor in. Oh, and make sure you leave that pathway wide enough for the wheelbarrow to pass through, in case you decide to go that route as per the very fine solution posted earlier in the thread. Remember, if you only use 10 pools, that'll be 7,500 bucketfuls @10 litres each.
Deleted User wrote: » Can I ask whereabouts in Dublin your living? I rarely see a dublin house with a garden that size unless it's in a very high end area and is often detached etc. (I photograph property, and always associate dublin with cramped garden space). I live in Drogheda myself, so not a million miles away, any my garden would have originally been about the same size as yours (albeit mine is nowadays smaller, as its had a garage built, has a large shed, and I did an extension onto house etc so my current-day usable space is approx 15ft x 30ft.. In other words, not enough to really fit a Lidl pool in it).
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