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vampirequeen Fri 13-Oct-17 10:25:10

No gillybob. I'm in the fortunate position of not having a water metre. However it would be possible to do something similar using a rain water barrel although I admit you'd be limited by the amount of rain fall and water you could collect.

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gillybob Thu 12-Oct-17 13:03:16

I like your idea, but can I be cheeky and ask if you have a water meter vampirequeen? We are very careful with our water but after receiving a massive bill we found that we were probably having our water stolen via our outside tap. It's a long story so I won't go into it, but it has terrified me.

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vampirequeen Thu 12-Oct-17 12:49:53

I love my garden but I hate watering it. As it's a back yard walled courtyard it's a sun trap and the plants are in pots and shallow beds so need watering on a regular basis.

I decided to look at fitting an irrigation system. Oh my the prices they charge. Being a Yorkshire lass with short arms and deep pockets I couldn't let myself pay that sort of money for what is basically a leaky hosepipe.

I advertised on Freegle for old hosepipe and soon had enough pieces for my needs. (In fact, I also got a lovely long hose too complete with reel). Today I laid them, fastened them down with some old tent pegs, cut holes where I wanted the water to come out and connected them using some old connectors that we had 'useful one day' box. I now have a lovely working irrigation system that cost me.......well it was my favourite word......free grin. Atm you can see the hoses a bit but once the ground cover plants have spread you'll never know they're there.

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