
With the warm weather, gardening is a very common activity. Of course, efficient water use is essential to having a truly green garden. Below are some great simple water conservation tips obtained from Go for Green - The Active Living and Environment Program website:
**Plan and design your garden with water conservation in mind. For example, group plants with similar moisture requirements close together. Thus, you can water the thirsty plants as they need replenishing, rather than the whole garden.
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Water conservation is mandatory
Where I live in southern Florida, we are under water restrictions a lot. The current restriction allows watering your lawn only twice a week. But you really don't need to do it more frequently than that -- if at all, because it's rainy here in the summer. I can't even remember the last time I watered the lawn. Yet people seem to think, "Oh, I can water only twice a week -- better make sure I do that," even if it rained that day and the day before! I wish that, in addition to the restrictions, water managers would educate people that if they have a lawn, it doesn't need to be watered every single day.
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