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Saving Water at Home, continued
In The Garden
- Make sure you only water your garden when it really needs it.
- Water your garden slowly so that it can absorb the moisture and
never water on a windy day.
- During the hotter months, water your garden early in the morning
or late in the evening to decrease evaporation.
- Add mulch or compost to your garden so that the water soaks in
and doesn’t just run off or get evaporated.
- Use a drip water system rather than a sprinkler for garden bed
plants.
- Grow native plants that need less watering in summer.
- Use a timer where possible to avoid over watering.
- Most water is wasted on lawns. If you allow the lawn to go brown
over summer, it will quickly return to green in autumn. If you really
want to water the lawn in summer to keep it green, don’t over water
- it only needs watering when the grass does not spring back if you
step on it.
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