Here is a picture of our back yard taken on July 22, 2012, after weeks of drought conditions in Chicago. We water as noted in the previous post (make sure you check that out) and you can see that the lawn and garden are green and healthy. Notice the difference between our yard and… Continue reading Visualizing the Value of Watering in Drought Conditions
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Watering In Drought Conditions
So this is the next installment of Gardening in Drought Conditions. I thought some additional information on watering might be helpful. Let’s say its 75 degrees outside-go with me on this…we loose about an inch of water a week at that temperature, so we would need to give back an inch of water a week, either through rain or watering, to keep established plants pretty healthy.… Continue reading Watering In Drought Conditions