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Waterwise Gardening - a book review

Waterwise Gardening: Everything You Need To Know About Efficient Watering to Grow a Healthy Yard by Richard Restuccia Published by Rizzoli, 2025 I would guess that watering is the major issue that most gardeners grapple with, especially novice gardeners. I know from working at the nursery that the majority of questions and issues we get stem from either watering too much or not watering enough.  Many people in our area have sprinkler systems and I'm sure that can be a good thing if used properly but I feel that they primarily keep the lawns green but fall short for landscape plants. Especially when it comes to trees and larger plants, the timing and amounts are not satisfactory for many plants. I often hear people say that their sprinklers are set to come on every day - yikes! And there are those who did not water because it "rained" when it actually drizzled.  The best thing to do in this situation is to have a xeric garden but that would mean sacrificing favorite plant...
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Pink snow?

No, but it looks like it! These are fallen blossoms from the Yoshino Cherry trees that were featured in a previous post. We have had a lot of rain for the past two days and unfortunately the beauty of the trees was short-lived. I'm not going to complain about that though because last year at this time we were experiencing the early stages of drought that lasted all year.



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  1. AnonymousApril 6, 2008 at 7:19 AM

    I think that having all the fallen petals on the ground is so lovely. It kinds of extends the beauty of the tree's flowering and makes for very mystical pictures.

    Jan Always Growing

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  2. MarieApril 6, 2008 at 2:35 PM

    The pink "snow" is beautiful :)

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  3. GailApril 7, 2008 at 7:48 AM

    Phillip,

    Hello, that is the perfect kind of snow! Lovely photos...we have had lots of ran and my hope is that we can over come last year's drought but some plants are gone forever.

    Gail

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  4. WayneApril 8, 2008 at 3:43 AM

    That's the only down side of gardening. The flowers don't last long enough. But that is also what makes them so special!

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  5. Annie in AustinApril 8, 2008 at 8:22 AM

    The beauty may be temporary, Phillip, but it's real! I like the photo of the birdbath - it seems to be calling mythical birds to come for the petals.

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

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  6. chuck b.April 8, 2008 at 9:29 AM

    Wow, that's nice. Maybe some of my neighbor's cherry petals will blow in to my yard now that he's removed some plants that obstructed it.

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  7. AnonymousApril 8, 2008 at 10:53 PM

    God's dandruff.

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  8. RandyApril 10, 2008 at 12:32 PM

    Wonderful photos Phillip. Your garden looks like an absolute paradise. I would never leave it.

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