mary lynn

Old_GA_gal, I expect as we move into our hot months that my water usage may double to about 60 to 90 gal/week but I still consider that trivial for all we are getting.

I, too, have killed off numerous plants in containers before this. We're considering this our "Proof of Concept" year for both the containers and using heirloom seeds. It wasn't cheap to start, but everything can be reused.

these guys were my inspiration: http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/

In the words of the Carpenters, "We've only just begun" to feel the water crisis in the world. When we have to divert water from food production in Northern California to keep water flowing from taps in Southern Cal. as we do now, we have a biiiiiiiiig problem and that problem belongs to the whole country. The whole world, actually. Half the produce consumed in this country comes from Cal.

Here in SoCal, my husband and I have built large, self-watering containers to plant veggies in. For about 30 gallons of water a week we have 4 tomato plants, 16 runner beans, 4 squash, 2 canteloupe, 2 watermelon, 4 pepper, 1 eggplant, 15 potato, 3 cucumber and numerous herb plants growing and producing. We will expand the garden next year.

I read recently that most significant thing an average person can do to help combat climate change is to plant a veggie garden.