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[luker_laughed]

Does anyone know what we can do with the soapy water leftover from dishes?
I was thinking about tihs while doing them.

Any suggestions?

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[luker_laughed]

but is the water okay to water the plants with even if it has soap and little food bits in it?

[giglet]

What rainkatt said.

If the water is gross (lots of food or lots of oil), you probably don't want to do anything with it. (Would you really want to scrub an oil ring from the toilet bowl?)

If, like me, you live where acid rain is a problem, the little bit of soap left helps to counteract the acidity in the flowerbeds outside. At least in the warm months.

It never happens in my household, but I might worry a little about putting bits of meat in among my flowers because it attracts pests. (I already have squirrels and whatnot digging up eggshells from my compost pile.) I don't worry at all about vegetable bits.

My mom specifically uses the rinse-out water from beer and soda bottles to water her plants. She says the sugars break down and provide nitrogen to the soil. She's the biochemist, I'm not.

[luker_laughed]

question then,

how exactly do I flush the toilet with this water.
does the toilet flush with the water in the tank, and then have to fill it up again?
or does the water that I am flushing with stop the tank from using all the water up?

i don't get it

[blue_chicory]

I use it to water my compost, if you use a natural type soap it will help the compost break down faster, but in the winter I just throw it under the trees so as not to let the gunk clog the drain.