Ernie,
The one thing that you can be assured of is that all rates on everything are going to keep going up. We cut back on water and electric usage and they raise the rates because they aren't making as much profit as they did. Use more and you still pay the higher rates plus a fine if you go over a set amount in some areas.
Bill,
No garden. Don't even water the lawn, just let it die. I could do what some people do and disconnect the water meter, but that would seem to look suspicious to me when you see people with nice green lawns in the Summer and their water bill is less than in the Winter. Wells around here aren't to good as they tend to dry up about the time the temperature gets into the 115/118 degree range. We have even had houses with grounding problems as the ground gets so hot the ground rods they used don't do any good. I put in copper water line and used that and have never had a problem.
Ron
