We began with a lawn. So often it begins with a lawn. Actually we began with a lawn and an idea. Our host wanted to conserve water, and was attracted to the idea of using greywater in her yard. So we got rid of the lawn. Before the workshop. And then put in two fruit trees, three blueberry bushes and some raised beds. And sent the greywater to an existing lemon tree too. Six volunteers, three family members and two instructors made it all happen. In the end, the trees and shrubs were flourishing on washer water.
flyer for Sweetwater greywater workshop in Nov 2013
This is how the yard looked before installing the greywater system.
we put in blueberries to be watered from the laundry.
the blood orange was uphill of the other outlets so we looped the HDPE around it.
Busy bees during the workshop.
working hard within a small space.
Digging the basins and preparing the handmade valve boxes
The blood orange watered from the washing machine, happy in a mulch basin.
