Watering

Finding the right irrigation system for your garden is essential to saving our natural resources. Photo: Ivan Horvat, Pixabay Water is a precious resource; conserving it is a key to Earth-friendly gardening.

Water is a precious resource: use it wisely. Photo: Amritanshu Sirdar, Unsplash A well-designed landscape can not only add beauty to your home, but also can reduce your heating and cooling costs.

The most effective irrigation systems are designed, installed, and maintained to distribute water as uniformly as possible and only when and where water is needed. That means applying water where roots can use it.

The most water conserving edibles are winter/spring crops that take advantage of rain and crops with the shortest days to maturity. Photo: PlantMaster Water is a precious resource whether it's being used in the edible garden or elsewhere.

Correct awareness of our consumption and use of water are the key factors that affect water use behavior. We can efficiently provide water to our plants in ways that allow us to have a beautiful garden and landscape while minimizing our use of water. Managing water use for plants changes throughout the year…

Free home garden consultations to create a beautiful low water use garden offered by the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County in partnership with Sonoma Water and the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership.

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A Tahoe Friendly Garden is water-wise! Choose appropriate plants for Tahoes climate and utilize efficient irrigation systems. Planning for water efficiency is an extremely important component of landscape planning in the arid west.

Links to information on gardening and irrigation, water-wise plants and landscaping, and water-wise living.

If you must have a lawn, raise mower blade to 3 inches. Photo credit: Ulrike Mai from Pixabay If your power and water bills rise dramatically every summer, your garden might not be as green as it looks. Although a beautiful garden can bring joy, it can also waste energy.