Tag: watering
Mulch Retains Moisture And Insulates
UNITED STATES—Nature is smart. It should be. It has been operating efficiently since the beginning of time. That is certainly longer than anyone has...
Saturation Of Soil Distresses Roots
UNITED STATES—Saturation of the soil should be a rare problem within the local chaparral climates. Water is a limited resource. That is why plants...
Succulents For Better Or Worse
UNITED STATES—Succulents, both old and new, have been something of a fad for quite a while now. There are certainly many reasons for them...
Roots Prefer To Roam Freely
UNITED STATES—Roots are innately mysterious. They consume much of the resources that plants require. They stabilize the stems above them. Few plants can survive...
Watering Starts Where Rain Finishes
UNITED STATES—For a while last winter, it seemed like the rain would never stop. Obviously, it did. The warm spring weather that followed helped...
Rain Makes Watering Seem Obsolete
UNITED STATES—Watering has not been much of a concern lately. All the rain has kept our gardens too wet to work in. Some of...
Do Not Forget Potted Plants
UNITED STATES—Aside from all the seasonal raking and dormant pruning, there is not as much to do in the garden as there was earlier...
When It Rains It Pours
UNITED STATES—For those who do not remember ancient history, this wet stuff that fell from the sky recently is known as “rain." It used...
Watering Trees Is Still Important
UNITED STATES—All the optimistic predictions of a rainy winter do not help with the drought yet. Nice warm weather only makes the garden even...
Know The Time To Conserve Water
UNITED STATES—In the wild, plants take water when it comes as rain. Native plants and plants that are from similar climates might be happy...