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...
Wonderful! It's supposedly coming our way too, nice and steady, just what we need (no rain in our area of NC for almost 6 weeks) but I'm not seeing much movement heading east on the radar map right now.
ReplyDeletePlease, when you are done with it, may we have what is left over?
ReplyDeleteWe haven't gotten nearly that much in Tupelo but I'm SO appreciative for what we have gotten! It's been a difficult summer for my plants!
ReplyDeleteNothing compares to a Monet, Phillip, but getting much needed rain is pretty darn close.
ReplyDeleteSend some on up our way, won't ya ? A pretty dry August and September here.
Rain. It's all that's needs saying.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, now please send some of it down to Birmingham!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you!! Your garden will look so perky in the morning. I am just green with envy. It has cooled down here by about 20 degrees but still no rain. Seeing this makes me hopeful.
ReplyDeleteHow fabulous! Hope it gets to my garden before the well goes dry.
ReplyDeleteAlso some cooler temps would be welcome.
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Yes, we finally got rain, too. I can hardly believe how quickly the plants revived with the first rain shower.
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Always Growing
I feel the same way Philip and could use a bit of rain here, too.
ReplyDeleteIt is raining here, too! After 92 days of 90+ degrees and only .13" of rain in September!
ReplyDeleteI would like to borrow that painting too! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThe rain finally reached Birmingham today! We sure needed it. It has also ushered in some cooler temps!!!!!
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