Comments on: Gardening With Water Use In Mind

By: http://www.bijoy.net

http://www.bijoy.net — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:11:35 +0000

Use perennials, not annuals, to reduce work required to keep the garden going. For example, cone flowers (also tolerate dry well) instead of impatiens. Lavender, albeit an import, also tolerates dry pretty well and you get good-smelling stuff.

By: Aznatural1

Aznatural1 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:06:52 +0000

Thank you for the inspiration. Do you use a soaker hose buried under the mulch to water the plants at night/early morning? How do you water the garden? Can you list the plants you put in the yard?

By: KAV

KAV — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:49:37 +0000

I have perennials throughout my yard. What do you think about planting perennials in large pots I have along my driveway? Which ones do you think would work well in an area that gets the long afternoon sun with some shade?

By: JORDAN

JORDAN — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:52:10 +0000

Very interesting information one thing that I do which I picked up from another article was to use less fertilizer over the summer months which keeps the growth down of your lawned areas.

By: Ellen Hope Vuillier

Ellen Hope Vuillier — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:55:42 +0000

Amber; All I can say is fantastic job!!!!! Congratulations! Looks awesome!

By: armansyahardanis

armansyahardanis — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:22:49 +0000

Water and Flower : Where’s Beetle ?

Wow, the Earth…… You are wonderful, beautiful and colorful. Could you spreads them to the other planets by beetle or debris or lighters or the others to become like you ? If you deal, all of human and species should follow you to there by peace, not gun and war…!

By: joan

joan — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:12:18 +0000

Thanks, Amber, for the commonsense gardening tips.
The whole key is doing a little planning ahead of time, not just buying plants on impulse when your are at the garden center.
I am going to put the link to the water efficient gardening in our employee newsletter.

By: Virginia Hamm

Virginia Hamm — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:25:17 +0000

Go for designs and plants that require the least amount of work. Put tall things away from the edges of the walkways so they can’t fall over into the walkway, and you do less cleanup. Mulch bare areas once a year in late fall, not in spring.

Two ideas… 1) Use native plants and flowers because these are already adapted to local variable conditions, and are more likely to survive insects or periods of drought or cold than imports. You’ll never have to water, once they start to grow.

2) Use perennials, not annuals, to reduce work required to keep the garden going. For example, cone flowers (also tolerate dry well) instead of impatiens. Lavender, albeit an import, also tolerates dry pretty well and you get good-smelling stuff.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:17:48 +0000

Very interesting information one thing that I do which I picked up from another article was to use less fertilizer over the summer months which keeps the growth down of your lawned areas. This will greatly reduce the amount of water needed. This was news to me but a great source of information here is the link to the article