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HOW TO SAVE WATER IN THE GARDEN

Water conservation in a #drought. How to save and preserve water in the garden. Also some thoughts on the most effective application of water to the garden. Including. 1. Put terracotta pots inside plastic pots to avoid evaporation from the sides. 2. Place pots on your borders so that water which drains through waters the soil beneath and put the puts out of direct sunlight and/or cooling breezes. 3. Choose the right time of day to water. Late evening or early morning so that the earth is cool. Prevents the water evaporating. 4. Apply portion control, give plants enough water but not excess, 'that whick can be measured can be managed' and 'enough is as good as a feast'. 5. Put your hosepipe away, these are indescriminate and wasteful. Use a watering can for spot watering and accuracy and 'cost effective' application. 6. Apply a mulch to the soil to reduce evaporation and supress weeds. weeds steal your plants water and nutrition. Practice chop and drop so that the weeds decompose and feed the the soil. 7. keep on top of weeding so that water is not used by unwelcome weeds, preserving it for the plants you intended. 8. Harvest water, collect it when it is raining to be used when it is not. Any container will do. It doesn't need to be an expensive water butt. Gather water from rooftops from the drainpipes and plunge your watering can in whenever you need some. 9. Bank up the soil around the base of plants so that water will stay at the base and soak in rather than running off. 10. Consider NOT watering for a period of time, or alternate watering around your beds, plants are resilient and often have deep roots, they will let you know when they are in distress. 11. Choose the right plants for the right place, Mediterranean plants for hot sunny exposed well drained sites because these are more drought tolerant. 12. KNOW YOUR PLANT STOCK, some plants may not need water and yet you may be watering liberally simply through lack of knowledge. Indeed some pants suffer from too much water. Please also visit my website: www.marksgardenUK.com email: [email protected]