If you don't have water you can grow this.
The Santa Fe Audubon Society captures rain in great barrels to help water the gardens near the Visitor Center. Rain and melting snow falls from spouts directly into the barrels and is siphoned off from there.

NEW YORK CITY
And what are we doing about water in New York City? Not much! Rain water drains from rooftops into the sewer system. 70% of the sewage system carries combined rainwater and water flushed from our toilets. When a heavy rain comes along, there is flooding at the corners where sewers are backed up. With a really heavy rain, some subway lines are flooded. We pay to process all of the water together, even that which is not raw sewage.
Meanwhile a building such as mine is reluctant to wash the pavement with a hose or water the tree wells more than twice a week because water is too expensive.
On The High Line in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, bog plants are grown in special containers that are watered regularly.
Or this:
3 comments:
Valuable information, but also hilarious. Thanks for the humor lift.
SPOT ON, ELLEN!!
(and thanks for the press for QBG!)
Water is expensive in NYC. That's partly why we have 2 rain barrels!
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