Comments on: Waste Not, Want Not (If What You Want Is Gray Water) http://manolohome.com/2010/01/15/waste-not-want-not-if-what-you-want-is-gray-water/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:13:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2010/01/15/waste-not-want-not-if-what-you-want-is-gray-water/comment-page-1/#comment-6387 Never teh Bride Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:04:04 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=2311#comment-6387 Grey water... it's what plants crave? Grey water… it’s what plants crave?

]]> By: eowyn_2 http://manolohome.com/2010/01/15/waste-not-want-not-if-what-you-want-is-gray-water/comment-page-1/#comment-6372 eowyn_2 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:22:32 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=2311#comment-6372 Umm... perhaps I'm uneducated in some of the finer points of gardening, but will the plants appreciate a dousing in soapy water? Umm… perhaps I’m uneducated in some of the finer points of gardening, but will the plants appreciate a dousing in soapy water?

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2010/01/15/waste-not-want-not-if-what-you-want-is-gray-water/comment-page-1/#comment-6333 Never teh Bride Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:48:50 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=2311#comment-6333 @Chiken That's why I recommend that anyone wanting to save gray water just buy a plain plastic bucket that sort of fits in the skin. Problem solved! @marvel Interesting stuff, the straw bale house. The Beard's uncle had a straw bale workshop. I would have thought it a tremendous fire hazard but apparently they provide three times the fire resistance of normal building materials... @Chiken That’s why I recommend that anyone wanting to save gray water just buy a plain plastic bucket that sort of fits in the skin. Problem solved!

@marvel Interesting stuff, the straw bale house. The Beard’s uncle had a straw bale workshop. I would have thought it a tremendous fire hazard but apparently they provide three times the fire resistance of normal building materials…

]]> By: marvel http://manolohome.com/2010/01/15/waste-not-want-not-if-what-you-want-is-gray-water/comment-page-1/#comment-6322 marvel Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:04:21 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=2311#comment-6322 Oh no! My link didn't work. That's sort of like mangling the punchline to a joke. (For a clown fish, he's not that funny.) Try this: http://www.dancingrabbit.org/building/straw_bale.php Oh no! My link didn’t work. That’s sort of like mangling the punchline to a joke. (For a clown fish, he’s not that funny.) Try this:

http://www.dancingrabbit.org/building/straw_bale.php

]]> By: marvel http://manolohome.com/2010/01/15/waste-not-want-not-if-what-you-want-is-gray-water/comment-page-1/#comment-6321 marvel Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:01:52 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=2311#comment-6321 Well, there was a gentle suggestion of an alternate product if one did not live in Australia. But if you _really_ want to be green, move to a commune and live in a sustainable house made of straw: http://www.dancingrabbit.org/building/straw_bale.php. Well, there was a gentle suggestion of an alternate product if one did not live in Australia. But if you _really_ want to be green, move to a commune and live in a sustainable house made of straw: http://www.dancingrabbit.org/building/straw_bale.php.

]]> By: Chiken http://manolohome.com/2010/01/15/waste-not-want-not-if-what-you-want-is-gray-water/comment-page-1/#comment-6305 Chiken Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:06:25 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=2311#comment-6305 I can't help but be a skeptic about this particular way to "save the earth." How much water/energy/co2 etc does it take to manufacture this and ship it from Australia? If you want to be green, stop buying stuff. I can’t help but be a skeptic about this particular way to “save the earth.” How much water/energy/co2 etc does it take to manufacture this and ship it from Australia? If you want to be green, stop buying stuff.

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