Our neighbour (a lawyer) is celebrating the impending hosepipe ban by watering the garden like there's no tomorrow. Literally, within moments of the ban being announced the first thing was to leave an open hose running into the boundary hedge, it's been maximum sprinkler since then.
Obviously can't do anything but disapproving looks until the ban takes effect.
Once they've saturated the soil there's no point, even then it will just percolate away and evaporate rather quickly.
I do periodically give the garden a watering in the evening, we did lose a couple of trees the other summer when I decided to let things fend for themselves. I don't understand the people who put sprinklers on for hours every day.
He's still at it, I think he's trying to make a point, First thing we did when he moved in was to complain our scotty would bark when his big, unneutured labradors came to the fence and their barking would wake him up. Our dog has since died, and his dogs are still barking....
Should've posted the above in rant, TBH.
Separately, we've ordered a couple of large water butts and a pump, idea being to save bath/shower water for use around the garden. 10 year old son was roped in to assist with the online search, so he could have a snigger while searching for said items.
