When and How Much to Water

New plants need extra tender loving care -- and that means watering every day for the first couple of weeks after they are planted. Michael offers some tips on how to do this without ending up paying more for the water than you paid for the plants.

A common assumption is that the secret to having a green and healthy yard is water, water and more water. Nature is struggling to meet our ever-increasing demands for water and we are facing drought conditions with water rationing in some parts of the country. Simply put -- there is a limit to how much water we can consume without ever-increasing consequences.

With summer here and the height of the watering season upon us, it is time to make sure all of us are doing our part to conserve water and at the same time keep the water bill down. Michael Glassman is an award winning landscape designer and in this weekly podcast series offers tips on how to save water and still have a great yard. Michael has twenty years of experience in the field and has been featured in such publications as Sunset Magazine, Fine Gardening, Better Homes and Gardens, and Landscape Architecture. He is designer and co-host of the Discovery Home Channel program Garden Police.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• water
• conservation
• environment
• green
• landscape
• lawn
• garden
• plants
• flowers

[WantYourSoul]

So how long and how often AM I supposed to water the yard?

[daveidduha]

thank you sir