Green, Green Grass
image credit: Jellaluna
As California looks at water rationing, after an unusually dry spring, maintaining a yard will get challenging.
PlanetGreen posted some good tips on being Green by keeping your lawns fresh and green:
Tips from Minimize the Water You Use on Your Lawn:
* Learn what your community’s restrictions are.
* Water well to encourage deep root growth.
* Water early in the morning.
* Don’t water the street or sidewalk.
* Avoid runoff
* Water different areas with different amounts
* Consider letting your lawn go dormant this summer.
(and, if all else fails):
* Think about getting rid of the lawn altogether
We need to think about making these changes. California may need to ration water, after having the driest spring in 150 years (!)
In fact, San Francisco and Marin County counties have asked residents and businesses over the past year to cut water usage voluntarily by 10 to 20 percent. Not every county is in the same spot, but across the board this is a time to conserve.
Even if water rationing is not mandated, here are some really good tips for conserving water:
Lawns: Water between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Cars: Use a bucket and a hose with shutoff nozzle to wash cars or go to a car wash that recycles and reuses its water.
Yards: Don’t water more than three days a week or on consecutive days.
Laundry: Put full loads into front-loading machines.
Leaks: Find and repair, particularly in toilets.
Driveways: Use a broom, not a hose, to clean them.
Pools: Cover pools and hot tubs when not in use.
Good tips here. Water is something a lot of us don’t think about on a regular basis. These are very practical tips - if we all started making these conscious decisions, we could make a huge change.
Good work.
::bryan