Thanks Chris. I will try the zeolite. I let me grass completely go dormant a couple of years ago and it caused some problems. I am going to try leaving it a bit taller, I definitely have had to seed due to my not watering a couple of yrs ago and it really thinned out, and the zeolite. <BR><BR><B><I>Chris Storhok <cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator> <STYLE> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </STYLE> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="City" downloadurl="http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name!
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font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </STYLE> <DIV class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tom,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Assuming you have a yard the cheapest and easiest way to cut back water usage is to cut way back on watering the grass. When I lived down there I cut back watering the grass to the point that the grass was barely green and it did not grow fast enough to mow. If you do it right you will not have the dead brown yard look but you will not have to mow either. I had found that during the hottest days of summer that really I had to water less than once a week and usually less than ĵ an inch total. I seeded m!
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each fall with various fescues including the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> fescue, <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Festuca idahoensis</SPAN></I> which is available at the UI (or at least used to be). My seeding technique was simple, I just threw seed into my yard (or let the kids do) in early fall and left it alone. My yard plan was based on my simple principles of: I hate watering, I hate mowing, but I also hate dead yards (the kids really complained and besides a dry dead yard is one heck of a fire hazard). The other yard trick I used was to broadcast zeolites around the yard. You can obtain zeolite for around $20 for a 50 pound bag at most landscape businesses. Zeolite helps your yard through absorbing water and ammonium into the mineral, grass will grow a fine root around the mineral and slowly dra!
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what it needs. I am trying these same techniques up here in North Pole and will know later this year if my cheap attempts at saving water work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hope all is well,<BR>Chris Storhok <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.c!
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[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Tom Ivie<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:06 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Other topics-- was: Water. Where do you stand on theissue?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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 !
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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 <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>. 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? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><! B>Nils Peterson <nils_peterson@wsu.edu></SPAN></I> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Decker and Chasuk have opened related discussions on economic and population<BR>growth. Perhaps those are impossible to separate from the question of water,<BR>but I'd like to ask that someone else lead those discussions as new threads.<BR><BR>We have several issues hanging out:<BR>* Marginal cost of new water resources<BR>* Fiscal impact of conservation on the City & water rates (fixed & marginal<BR>costs)<BR>* Water budget, paying for new uses of water by conserving on current uses<BR>* Pressurized irrigation<BR>* East Moscow water treatment plant<BR>* And where to you stand: must conserve, painless conservation,
don't<BR>conserve<BR><BR>Plus a wiki page to compile our information<BR><BR><BR>On 4/24/06 11:06 PM, "Matt Decker" <MATTD2107@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR><BR>> <BR>> Nils,<BR>> <BR>> I'm al! l ears. What would you suggest we do? Nils you said "Make changes in<BR>> current policy and procedure that aim to conserve the<BR>>> aquifer by changing personal and collective behaviors".<BR>> I would open too consideration, without the anti growth aspect of it all. If<BR>> we are going to continue to grow and have a future for our children here in<BR>> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place> we need to figure out if A. We have a water issue. B. how to<BR>> solve is reasonably. C. do it so we can maintain who we are as Moscowanians.<BR>> <BR>> There should allways be growth. To ignore this(not saying you or others are,<BR>> just stating) will be the day this town becomes haunted by
ghosts.<BR>> <BR>> matt<BR><BR>Chasuk replied:<BR>On 4/24/06, Matt Decker <MATTD2107@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR><BR>> If we are going to continue to grow and have a future for our children here in<BR>> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City><BR><BR>I hope that this isn't a naive question. It certainly isn't meant<BR>disingen! uously. But here it is: why is growth important? A town<BR>isn't a corporation, in a business sense, so we don't have<BR>shareholders to pay or a CEO. Therefore, what is the benefit of<BR>growth? For myself, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> is the perfect size; that's why I live<BR>here (amongst other reasons).<BR><BR>I guess I am anti-growth, if growth means increased congestion and<BR>more crime and more anonymity.<BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse sin!
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