Water is the key to life on earth, yet less than three percent of it is available to humans, so make every drop count. Efficient irrigation is important because more than 50 percent of residential water is used for landscaping. In addition, most plant diseases and deaths are caused by over watering. Saving water in irrigated landscapes is easy. First, changing the way a lawn and Garden is watered can reduce the water used. Reducing the area of a landscape that is irrigated can also conserve water. Water landscapes manually with hoses and sprinklers, or with more sophisticated methods like drip irrigation or in-ground systems that use buried pipe and nozzles. For more information please see PlantTalk script 1903, Xeriscape efficient irrigation.
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