These are my new dishes (paper) for the summer and beyond. California is suffering from a drought and we have some very strict water usage numbers per household with costly penalties. Five minute showers are a given (some sanity sacrificed) but now I've cut back even more by not using my dishwasher. Hoping with this cutback, I'll have enough reserves to keep watering my potted plants and a few favorite trees! I used colorful cloth napkins here only to punch up the photo as I'm not going to be washing linens throughout this drought.
WOW! We take so much for granted. i wish you all the best!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sue, I have a large handled container that I fill several times a day with sink water ... so far my yard looks good. Need to learn some rain dances!
DeleteTimes will be hard…look what we've done!
ReplyDeleteAnnell, This drought is a problem and we can't expect rain of any amount until late fall. The penalties are high so I believe everyone is pretty much on board for limiting water use.
DeleteHadnt thought about that aspect of drought. I never use my dishwasher anyway. Paper plates is a good idea! Yes, we do take water for granted though it came to my attention when I stayed awhile in NM which often has water shortages. there were ditches dug through planted lands with little gates and you got to open your gate to access the water only at special times. IT was written about in that famous bk that became a movie but which title does ot come to mind at the moment. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteThank you suki, Our neighborhood is together on this water conserving ... people are watering plants with saved rinse water and water use is way down...it will be great when we have a fall and winter rain storm!
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