The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques and Strategies for Conserving, Capturing, and Efficiently Using Water in Today's Climate... and Tomorrow's by Noelle Johnson

Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how! As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it’s more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in The Water-Smart Garden, you’ll learn dozens of techniques to limit water use while growing a gorgeous and thriving garden. Not only will you learn how to make smart plant choices and improve the water-holding capacity of your soil, you’ll learn xeriscaping techniques, drought-tolerant growing tips, and plant care advice to make the most of low-water situations. Also includes information on: Harvesting and redistributing rainwater in cisterns and rain barrels Employing methods like ollas and drip irrigation to target water directly to plant roots Being more water-efficient in the vegetable garden by using mulches and targeted irrigation Read more

From the Publisher Items needed to create a 5-gallon (19 L) bucket portable drip irrigation vessel. A 5-gallon (19 L) plastic bucket, with ¼-inch (6 mm) poly tubing that ends with an adjustable drip emitter that can be turned off and on as needed. A completed portable drip irrigation bucket providing extra water to an aloe plant in the author’s garden.