Five Simple Summer Gardening Tips
Posted on: Thursday, July 29th, 2010Five Simple Summer Gardening Tips
As the weather starts to heat up, families are venturing outside to spend sometime in the sun. For those families that do not want to deal with the hassle of driving to the park or to the beach, their very own backyard is a wonderful destination.
With the current water crisis it has become increasingly difficult to stay cool on these hot summer days and keep backyards and gardens looking full and vibrant. There are several eco-friendly solutions and resources to these problems that can help you conserve water, save money and improve the look of your backyard.
Here are a few tips that can aid you in achieving an eco-friendly and wallet friendly garden and lawn:
- Trickle irrigation and drip irrigation systems help reduce water use and meet the needs of plants. With these methods, very small amounts of water are supplied to the base of the plants and not wasted at the top of the plants.
- Drought resistant plants like the Moonbeam, the Salvia Pozo Blue and the Western Redbud are low maintenance and require little water. These plants can save water and decrease your water bill
- Artificial Turf is a great replacement for your backyard. Turf will always stay looking green and requires absolutely no water, no maintenance and no mowing. These turfs can save thousands of gallons of water and save you time, money and energy.
- Catch all the rain you can by fixing water butts to your down pipes from the roof. Make sure a water butt is raised above the ground so it’s easy to fill a watering can from and keep it covered so the water stays clean. This water can be used for all plants except tiny little seedlings which do need a drop of cleaner water from the mains
- Water in the early morning, before 9 a.m., to reduce evaporation and scorching of leaves from the sun. Water on calm days to prevent wind drift and evaporation.
