[Vision2020] Other topics-- was: Water. Where do you stand ontheissue?

Tue Apr 25 20:54:47 PDT 2006

Any suggestions as to what kind of fertilizer to use and what kind of grass 
seeds are best for the clay in this area?

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>From: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
>To: the_ivies3 at yahoo.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Other topics-- was: Water. Where do you stand 
>ontheissue?
>Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:19:45 -0700
>
>Tom,
>
>You had asked what can you do. Well I know yards and I can tell you; 1. 
>Fertilize three times a year. Once in spring once in late may early June 
>and once in October. This will establish a strong deep root system that 
>will require less water.2.When watering(without a automatic sprinkler 
>system) try to watch closely how long your sprinkler runs for. Also, water 
>for short periods of time but often. The more you can keep your lawn damp 
>in the root areas the better for the saturation of each watering, 
>especially in clay areas.3. Jack that mower up a few inches. You would be 
>surprised how much a longer lawn does without water compared to a shorter 
>one, and you really can't tell the difference that  much. 4.Xeriscaping of 
>the lawn is the new fad, which does save in watering. Im sure Ill think of 
>some more later but I gotta run.
>
>Matt
>
>
>>From: Tom Ivie <the_ivies3 at yahoo.com>
>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Other topics-- was: Water. Where do you stand on 
>>theissue?
>>Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:06:15 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>In regards to the last issue "where do you stand":  I want to conserve.  
>>But it costs me more to conserve than I can afford.  The cheapest rain 
>>barrel I can find is $100 plus shipping, I need at least 4 of them. I 
>>don't have the money to purchase a new front load washer and would have a 
>>hard time justifying it without an old broken one.  I can't afford to put 
>>in a sprinkler system (I would love to have one).  Sure, I got a 3% 
>>increase in pay this year, but my groceries, gasoline, clothing, health 
>>care insurance, and basically all consumables have increased this year by 
>>more than 3%.  I pay twice as much for water as my counter parts in 
>>southern Idaho.  And I just found out I will have to pay out $4000 on 
>>braces for a child.  What do you do? Where do you start?  I have low flush 
>>toilets and a water saver shower head (you can get that shower head free 
>>from the city!).  What else can I do?
>>
>>Nils Peterson <nils_peterson at wsu.edu> wrote:
>>   Decker and Chasuk have opened related discussions on economic and 
>>population
>>growth. Perhaps those are impossible to separate from the question of 
>>water,
>>but I'd like to ask that someone else lead those discussions as new 
>>threads.
>>
>>We have several issues hanging out:
>>* Marginal cost of new water resources
>>* Fiscal impact of conservation on the City & water rates (fixed & 
>>marginal
>>costs)
>>* Water budget, paying for new uses of water by conserving on current uses
>>* Pressurized irrigation
>>* East Moscow water treatment plant
>>* And where to you stand: must conserve, painless conservation, don't
>>conserve
>>
>>Plus a wiki page to compile our information
>>
>>
>>On 4/24/06 11:06 PM, "Matt Decker" wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Nils,
>> >
>> > I'm all ears. What would you suggest we do? Nils you said "Make changes 
>>in
>> > current policy and procedure that aim to conserve the
>> >> aquifer by changing personal and collective behaviors".
>> > I would open too consideration, without the anti growth aspect of it 
>>all. If
>> > we are going to continue to grow and have a future for our children 
>>here in
>> > Moscow Idaho we need to figure out if A. We have a water issue. B. how 
>>to
>> > solve is reasonably. C. do it so we can maintain who we are as 
>>Moscowanians.
>> >
>> > There should allways be growth. To ignore this(not saying you or others 
>>are,
>> > just stating) will be the day this town becomes haunted by ghosts.
>> >
>> > matt
>>
>>Chasuk replied:
>>On 4/24/06, Matt Decker wrote:
>>
>> > If we are going to continue to grow and have a future for our children 
>>here in
>> > Moscow
>>
>>I hope that this isn't a naive question. It certainly isn't meant
>>disingenuously. But here it is: why is growth important? A town
>>isn't a corporation, in a business sense, so we don't have
>>shareholders to pay or a CEO. Therefore, what is the benefit of
>>growth? For myself, Moscow is the perfect size; that's why I live
>>here (amongst other reasons).
>>
>>I guess I am anti-growth, if growth means increased congestion and
>>more crime and more anonymity.
>>
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