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["roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>]

Hi Bev,

In my new house, even though there is room, I don't have a dishwasher. The 
reason I did consider getting one is because I think it may use less water 
than washing by hand. But then the detergents that I'd have to use in it are 
not so friendly to the environment and our septic still leaches too fast to 
be effective at filtering all the phosphates that might get in there. I try 
to use no-phos laundry det, too, and most make it without now. With all four 
of us here, the dishes are still manageable by hand and when I'm alone after 
they grow up, I don't think I'll make many dirty either. The only time it's 
really nice is when you have company and eat large meals. But then we usually 
wash, dry, and put away in assembly line fashion and the time spent doing it 
is quality together time for the women or whoever is helping do it. 

Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)