If you’re growing vegetables, you’ll have to deliver a steady and adequate supply of water during the growing season if you want to have good results. Certain plants can go dormant during the dry season or periods of drought but vegetables won’t go dormant – they’ll die. So … [Read more...]
Using a Rain Barrel for Rainwater Harvesting
A rain barrel is a device that collects and stores rainwater that would normally flow off of your roof for later use watering your flower or vegetable garden or your lawn. The amount of water you can collect in these barrels from just one relatively small precipitation event is … [Read more...]
Rainwater Harvesting
Rainwater harvesting is an ancient and time-tested way of putting water to work for people and ecosystems in an effective and efficient manner. It is a set of tools and methods used for collecting, storing and utilizing the rainwater that falls on or near your land. Rainwater can … [Read more...]
Watering the Vegetable Garden
Watering Your Vegetable Garden From start to finish, water is the most important thing for your garden. Water is essential to plants. Most plants are composed of up to 90% water. Water is requisite for cell structure, stability and growth. Too little water will at best wilt … [Read more...]
Benefits of an Irrigation System
The Ups and Downs of Different Types of Irrigation Systems When it comes to watering your vegetable garden, flower garden or trees and shrubs there is an extremely wide variety of options to choose from. From the very simple such as watering by hand with the garden hose to the … [Read more...]
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