Our Top 5 Ways to Save Water

As we found ourselves in a snowglobe sort of snowfall this past week, I found a really cool site on snowflakes. The big fat, fluffy kind that you can catch on your tongue and see on your coat.

During this period of incessant snowfall, the weather man was warning kids not to eat the snow as it most likely was laden with chemicals and other pollutants. How sad is that? But it opened up a discussion for the girls & I on ways we can save water around our house and ways that our water use can have less of an impact on our environment.

So here's what we came up with and I think it's a pretty good, pretty doable start to the year.

1) "Save water, shower with a friend." My dad had this shirt when I was growing up and I loved it.  So shorter showers and shallower baths - and not daily!

2) Use organic soap/shampoos/washes/detergents.  Anything that's going down the drain should be free of chemicals and pollutants.

3) Use a rainbarrel.  We bought one at the end of summer and will be installing it come spring.  Our "secret" garden behind the garage is far away from any hose.  We are putting the barrel there to use to water our flowers and veggies. (hopefully the mama deer will leave us some this year!)

4) Ban the Bottle, plastic that is!  3 of the 4 people in our household don't buy bottled water.  It is our goal to get the 4th to abandon his water bottle addiction.  Even with a fresh pitcher of filtered tap water, he will go for the bottle.  I console myself with the fact that at least he recycles them.

5)  Make more gardens in our yard with native plants, so that there is less watering of the lawn. Dad likes his grass green, green, green in the summertime!

And here's 95 more ways to conserve water.  Cheers!