Have you considered having a water-smart garden? One of the hardest things about having a garden is making sure that it has enough water. This is true for food gardens and people who love elaborate flower gardens. However, as weather patterns have shifted, more of the US has been dealing with drought conditions. While some parts of the country have always had to deal with water conservation, it is now becoming crucial that everyone learn how to manage water. Even areas that used to be rich with water are dealing with dry spells ruining crops and making it difficult for some plants to survive. For this reason, it is important that many of us learn how to grow drought-resistant plants and learn better ways to collect water.
With water-smart gardening becoming even more crucial, I was excited when I had an opportunity to read a complimentary copy of a soon-to-be-released gardening book – The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques and Strategies for Conserving, Capturing, and Efficiently Using Water in Today’s Climate and Tomorrow by Noelle Johnson. Once my book arrived, I couldn’t wait to share my thoughts with everyone!
The Water-Smart Garden: What Is It
Are you looking for a way to conserve water in your garden? If so, we think you will love The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques and Strategies for Conserving, Capturing, and Efficiently Using Water in Today’s Climate and Tomorrow. Here is what the publisher has to say about this new book:
Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how!
As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it’s more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in The Water-Smart Garden, you’ll learn dozens of techniques to limit water use while growing a gorgeous and thriving garden. Not only will you learn how to make smart plant choices and improve the water-holding capacity of your soil, you’ll learn xeriscaping techniques, drought-tolerant growing tips, and plant care advice to make the most of low-water situations.
Also includes information on:
- Harvesting and redistributing rainwater in cisterns and rain barrels
- Employing methods like ollas and drip irrigation to target water directly to plant roots
- Being more water-efficient in the vegetable garden by using mulches and targeted irrigation
- Planting containers that require less-frequent watering
- Replacing a lawn with more drought-resilient plants
- Building swales and berms to redirect water to where it’s needed
Author and dry-gardening horticulturist Noelle Johnson of @az.plant.lady makes it easy to help save this precious resource and still have a resilient, attractive, and low-maintenance landscape.
Our Thoughts
As someone with only some knowledge of water conservation, I have to say The Water-Smart Garden blew me away. It was filled with beautiful diagrams and pictures and jam-packed with information ranging from plants, gorgeous pictures, tools I had never considered, and realistic ideas to allow anyone to garden. I loved that the author was very realistic with her ideas and happy to walk people through the new reality of growing their food with little water available. My favorite part of the book, however, is the projects. Unlike most books that just spend a couple of pages, each project has its own devoted chapter, making sure you have everything you need to properly grow and conserve water. Overall, I consider The Water-Smart Garden a must for any gardener, no matter their grow zone!
The Water-Smart Garden: Where to Purchase
Would you like to purchase this gardening book for yourself or a gardener in your life? The Water-Smart Garden is currently available on Amazon.com for under $30 in paperback or for your Kindle device. Who knew water conservation in your garden could be so easy?
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About Susan Bewley
Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.