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AIR CONDITIONING UNITS SELLING LIKE HOTCAKES
Joe Wells (R) Shows Model To Eager Bob Crowe, Summerville
‘Gray Water’ Alternative To Using Scarce Resource
The latest wave of hot, dusty
drought is deepening its impact on
Chattooga Country landscapes and
firesentmg a serious dilemma for
omeowners.
Already in Summerville, Lyerly and
Cloudland, and other areas, authorities
have imposed outdoor watering restric
tions to conserve precious water
reserves. And the restrictions are cer
tain to become more widespread as the
drought continues.
DEPRESSING
But if you've spent a small fortune
and countflass hours of loving labors on
your landscape, the idea of a%andoning
those costly plants to the sun and the
dust is downright depressing.
Georgia Extension Service
agricultural engineer Tony Tyson, an ir
rigation and water quality specialist,
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says gray water may be an alternative
to a withered, dead landscape.
Often mentioned as an outdoor
watering option, grt(liv water is simply
water you have already used indoors for
bathing or showering or washing clothes
or dishes.
WASHER
The biggest source of gray water, he
says, is the clothes washer.
“Most People don’t bother with
dishwater,” he says, ‘‘and using bath
water is a good bit of trouble, because
you have to catch it in the tub and dip
it. out.”’
It can be considerably easier to col
lect water from a washer, he says, since
water is already pumped from its tub to
the drain. Simply move the drain hose
or hook up another to let the washer
Deer, quail and other wild
creatures must survive in a
harsh environment as rainless
skies prevail.
Their habitats change
under the same conditions that
parch yards and farms and
evaporate water supplies, says
Jes? Jackson, a wildlife
s?ecialist with the University
of Georgia Extension Service
in Athens.
Dry Weather Causes
Problems In Wild
WILDLIFE
“What does drought mean
to wildlife? Well, it's good news
and bad news, depending on
who you are and where you
How To Save
Local Lawns
For many Chattooga County homeowners, the isolated
showers of this spring have been too isolated. And their
lawns have gone thirsty.
- Sprinklers help fill ti,ne void, but watering restrictions
make this difficurt, too. :
A Georgia Extension Service turf specialist says a lit
tle knowleglge about how to water your lawn can make a
big difference in its appearance and your utility bill.
‘“‘Most of our turfgrasses require between one and two
inches of water per week. This is equivalent to 600-1,200
gallons of water per 1,000 square feet of turf,” Gil Landry
says.
An effective irrigation program doesn’t mean keeping
your sprinklers in overdrive. In fact, turf doesn’t need
watering until it shows signs of moisture stress: a dull
bluish-green color and leafglr)llades that fold or roll.
~ In drought times, these symptoms may be all too
familiar.
Landry says the most efficient time to irrigate is bet
ween sunset and sunrise. You'll have less evaporation, less
wind and lower temperatures. Early morning is next best.
NOT EFFICIENT
Midday is the least efficient time for watering.
“Apply enough water to soak the soil 6 to 8 inches deep.
For most soils, this requires about one inch of water,” he
says. ;
Although most sprinklers throw out about a quarter of
an inch of water per hour, some may apply up to an inch.
There's a simple way to know exactly how mucfi water your
lawn gets.
Landry recommends that Chattooga residents place
several open containers of the same size under the sprinkler.
Irrigate for one hour, then measure the amount of water
in each container.
You also can check the water f;enetration by pushing
a spade or sharp probe into the soil four to five hours after
irrifation. ““The probe will move veri'ueasily into moist soil
and become har(fer to push when it hits dry soil,” he said.
Sometimes the ground won't soak up the water fast
enouih, and you'll have runoff. If this happens, move the
sprinkler to a new location or turn it off and allow four or
more hours before irrigating again.
MOWING
Even the way you mow your grass can affect the way
it uses water. The turf specialist recommends that you raise
the mowing height and mow often enough so that no more
than one-tfiird of the leaf is removed.
Until those isolated showers come your way, wise water
ing can make a difference.
New Permit Law May Reduce Fire Danger
All landowners in Chat
tooga County and Georgia will
be re%uired by law to obtain by
telephone a numbered permit
from the Georgia Forestry
Commission for burning any
vegetation designated in a new
state law that will become ef
fective Friday.
Fred Hall of the Chattooga
office of the Georgia Forestry
Commission, said the legisla
tion covers woods, lands and
marshes. The new law is sup
posed to be more effective in
controlling smoke dispersion
and requlating the number of
controlled burns when a
dan¥erous potential for
wildfires exists, he said.
pump its waste water into a storage
container.
“The best quality laundry water is
the water from the rinse cycle,” he says,
“but if you do use the wash cycle water,
be sure to mix it up with the rinse water
to dilute it.”
There are some thinfs about gra
water, such as chlorine bleaches, wflcfi
could damage plants.
DRAIN
“It'’s Yrobably all right to use a
chlorine bleach if it’s pretty well diluted
in the water and you let it sit over
night,” Tyson says. “‘But it’s best just
not to use bleach, or if you do, just let
that water go on down the drain.”
Don’t use laundrl}_'[products that con
tain boron, either. ‘‘High levels of boron
can be toxic to some plants,” he says.
are,”’ Jackson says.
For frogs, fish and other
Fond creatures, drou%ht means
ow water levels and less room.
But that is good news for rac
coons and other animals that
feed on them because the
higher concentration makes a
meal easier to come by.
For deer, drought shrivels
wild food supplies so they may
help themselves to cro‘gs and
gardens in Chattooga County
instead.
“Deer damage tends to in
crease when the availability of
HOW TO
PENETRATION
DEER
12 FIRES
Ranger Fred Travillian
gginbed out that Chattooga has
n hit by 12 forest fires since
June 13, %‘he fires burned 60
acres, including one blaze that
destroyed 40 acres atop Little
Sand Mountain on the night of
June 20.
“We normally don’t have
that number of ¥ires but this
dfi' weather igljust absoluteg'
killing us,” Travillian said.
Chattoo‘fi; residents often
don't realize how dry vegeta
tion has become an?the fact
that even green grass or
bushes will gum readily. ‘lt
doesn’t matter what it is, it will
burn,” he said.
Hall and Travillian said
Avoid fabric softeners that are used
in the washer, he says, because they can
contain concentrations of boron,
metaphosphates and other things that
are toxic to some plants.
PHOSPHATES
“In the past there have been some
concerns about phosphates,’”’ he says,
“but for plants, p?\osp'})lates are really no
problem.”
A permanent gray water reuse
system would have a collection tank
with its own pump to pressurize the
water, Tyson says. Such systems usual
ly have f{lters to remove solids from the
water and have some way to disinfect
the water, which can then be used for
flushing toilets and outdoor watering.
For emergency situations, though,
simply collect the water in a storage
wild food supplies decreases,”
Jackson says. ‘“What's grow
ing on the farm or in the garden
may be more succulent than
the honeysuckle and other
plants growin% in the woods."’
Deer prefer soybeans,
Eeanuts, ears of corn, %rain
eads on sorghum, the foliage
or pods of peas and beans, any
kind of fruit on trees and the
folia%e of apple and pear trees.
“In our yard, they go for
apples first, then pears, then
peaches last,” Jackson says.
When nature doesn’t pro
vide water, deer and other
thirsty animals sometimes
turn sprinkler systems into
drinking fountains.
SPRINKLERS
Kerry Harrison, Extension
irrigation specialist, says it’s
not uncommon for deer to nib
ble the emitters off sprinkler
systems and create their own
fountains. And squirrels and
rats will gnaw through the tub
ing of drip irrigation systems
to get access to water.
Another effect of dry
weather on wildlife will be seen
in reduced populations of wild
quail, according to an Exten
sion poultry scientist.
uail lay their eggs on the
grognd. Be};ides wagr%nth. the
eggs need moisture from dew
and the soil to hatch.
SHORT SUPPLY
But moisture is in short
supply. The Georgia
Agricultural Statistics Service
rates about half the state as
*“‘very short” in soil moisture.
“When there's little
moisture, the eggs dehydrate
to the point that the embryos
run out of moisture before tgey
are ready to hatch,” says Stan
Savage. Coveys of three to four
young, rather than a dozen or
more, can result.
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JERRY “RED’’ BURTON
Chattooga County Board of
Education — Seat No. 5
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they wanted Chattooga
residents to note that the effec
tive date of the new law is
Friday.
PERMITS
The basic requirément for a
permit is the burning of any
open land excelpt ir(zgroved
pasture and cultiva crop
residue (old fields will require
a permit). The Chattoog:
foresters said permits will
required for burning woods or
wooded areas, including
cutover land.
Weslea( Wells, the GeorFia
Forestry Commission’s chief of
forest protection, said site
preparation areas with piles of
tree parts will require a permit.
container and use a bucket to take it to
the plants you're trying to save.
Remember that most weli
established shrubs and trees can ‘})ro
bably survive a harsh drought. *“Your
main emi)hasis should be new plantings
and shallower-rooted plants,” Tyson
says.
yPlant;s with waxy leaves, for exam
ple, and such evergreens as junipers are
more tolerant of drought than other
plants in the landscape and may not
need to be watered.
Some rules of thumb for watering
with gray water, Tyson says, include:
* Watch for signs of plant damage.
Some plants are simply more sensitive
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Postpones Meet
The Menlo City Council will
postpone its monthly meeting
of next Tuesday to July 12,
Mayor Theresa Canada said.
Mrs. Canada said the Coun
cil would adopt a city budget
at the meeting. The meeting
was postponed because too
many Council members will be
on dvacation next week, she
said.
Berry Courses
Berry College will offer
several more continuing educa
tion courses this summer, in
cluding the following:
Successful money manage
ment, driver training,
photography I, calligraphy I
and computer classes.
For more information, call
Berry at 236-2270.
The Summerville News, Thursday, June 30, 1988 . .
The new law applies to all unin
corporated areas.
EXEMPTION
The law exempts from the
permit requirement open bur
ning of small amounts of
leaves, and small brush piles
provided the following rules are
adhered to: that the burn loca
tion is more than 50 feet from
any structure and adequate
¥rovision is made to prevent
ire from spreading to within
50 feet of any structure — that
the fire be constantly attended
by a competent person until it
is extinguished — that the bur
ning does not create a
nuisance,
Permits will be issued by
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BY ALABAMA AND U. S. DEPTS. OF AGRICULTURE
June 28, 1988
RECEIPTS THIS WEEK — 600
RECEIPTS LAST WEEK — 962
RECEIPTS YEAR AGO — 632
FEEDER CLASSES
BULLS & STEERS (GOOD & CHOICE):
200-300 pounds — 110.00-128.00
300-400 pounds — 93.00-116.00
400-500 pounds — 84.00-95.00
500-600 pounds — 77.00-89.00
STEERS:
600-800 pounds — 72.50-78.00
HEIFERS (GOOD & CHOICE):
200-300 pounds — 87.00-95.00
300-400 pounds — 78.50-90.00
400-500 pounds — 72.00-79.50 :
500-600 pounds — 62.00-71.00 ‘
600-700 pounds — 60.00-69.50
SLAUGHTER CLASSES:
CALVES (GOOD & CHOICE):
65.00-75.50
cows BULLS
Utility — 47.25 Down o
Cutior — 44.00: Dets Heavy — 56.50 Down
Canner & Culls — 41.00 Down
There will be No Sale on July 5.
the Chattooga hudzumrs
beginning at 9 a.m. Monday
throth 5:30 p.m. Frid?. Per
mits for burning on Saturday
will be issued tmroceding
Friday betweéen 3 and 5:30 p.m.
NONE SUNDAY
“‘But there will be no é)er
mits issued for burning on Sun
day,” Wells emphasized.
The law states that all per
mits are valid for a 24-hour
period beginninfi at 9 am. on
the designated date.
Georgia Forestry Commis
sion officials stressed that out
door burns not requiring a per
mit under the new law are still
legally required to be reported
prior to burning by landowners
'to the Chattooga forest office.
than others to the impurities in ‘f"‘}'
water. If you see signs of damage, don’t
use %ay water on those plants.
* Don't use wash cycle water from
the washer on potted plants. The
restricted root zone of potted plants is
more susceptible to damage.
WATER WELL
* Make sure you water each plant
well. Don't just wet the surface, but use
enough water to soak down into the root.
zone. In the short run, supplying too lit
tle water doesn’t help plants; in the long
run, it can hurt them, because it en
courages a shallower root system.
* Don't just pour water around the
trunk of the plant. Put it around the
drip line, or tllm)e line directly under the
plant’s outermost leaves —that's where
the most feeder roots are.
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