Jasmine

Looks like the jasmine will soon be in bloom. I'm quite proud of this plant because I grew her from a cutting stolen from my mom's garden. I think I took about twelve, but only this one survived my black thumb.

Over in the kitchen veggie patch the peas are poking their shoots up. It's probably a bit late in the season to have planted them, but what the hell - at the very least, even if I don't get any peas, the roots will fix nitrogen into the soil.

Since the biggest waste of water in a household is apparently the washing machine, I did a little experiment. With the washer set on economy, I collected all the greywater in the bath. One economy load fills an entire bath (and some)! The flower bed under the loquat is now well watered, although it took several trips to do it.

Electricity-wise we already don't use a tumble-dryer, so that helps, and most of our light bulbs are energy saving. Friday I'll go through the house and count which ones still have to be changed, so we can replace them.

The big things are to get insulation put in the roof and to switch to solar. Unfortunately right now neither are feasible as we just don't have the cash. But I'll take the small steps while I can and aim for the big goals.


Wednesday's weather:

Min:		3°C
Max:		20°C
Weather:		Fine and sunny
Wind:	light westerly
Sunrise:	06:56
Sunset:	17:27