In this episode, I introduce two ways to capture rainwater, passive (guiding water naturally through landscape design), and active (using systems like cisterns and greywater recycling).
I also discuss how each method works, summarize the benefits of active and passive water harvesting, and offer real-life examples, from watering gardens with stored rainwater to giving the fruit trees a drink with recycled laundry water.
Here’s a product plug, and no, the company isn’t paying me. When it comes to recycling laundry water, aka greywater, Oasis is my go-to soap. The reason is simple: Oasis doesn’t include sodium in its ingredient list, and most other soaps do.
Take it from me, someone who almost killed her backyard fruit forest, sodium is NOT a helpful ingredient for your plants.
The good news is that after I stopped using a soap that billed itself as biodegradable, but had three sodium compounds, my fruit forest started flourishing. Years later, it still is. So, thank you, Oasis!