If you water your garden right, you can save water and money and make plants healthier.
Watering with a hose allows you to direct water precisely where you need it, above the roots. That eliminates waste and reduces the chance of some diseases.
Until I installed soaker hoses throughout my vegetable beds this year, I'd always watered my plants by hand, which over the years had become tiresome. How you water is just as important as when. Giving plants a quick, daily sprinkle offers little if any benefit to roots, which, depending on the plant, could extend a foot or more into the soil. Instead, water less frequently but deeply.
Redirect a downspout to fill a rain barrel, then use the captured water to fill watering cans. Or use an adapter to attach a garden or soaker hose to the spigot hole at the bottom of the barrel. Better yet, use native plants, most of which are drought-tolerant. They'll need regular watering during their first year or two, but once they're established, they can typically get by on rainwater alone, except maybe during prolonged heat waves. To find plants native to your area, plug your ZIP code into the online databases at the National Wildlife Federation and Audubon Society websites.
When planting containers, look for a potting mix that includes vermiculite, a moisture-retaining mineral. Soil moisture polymer granules such as SoilMoist can also be added to reduce watering needs by as much as 50%.
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