Gardening with Less Water: Low-Tech, Low-Cost Techniques; Use Up to 90% Less Water in Your Garden

By David Bainbridge and David A. Bainbridge

Book Overview

This beginner-friendly guide offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently -- using up to 90 percent less water for the same results.

With illustrated step-by-step instructions, David Bainbridge shows you how to install buried clay pots and pipes, wicking systems, and other porous containers that deliver water directly to a plant's roots with little to no evaporation. These irrigation systems are available at hardware stores and garden centers; are easy to set up and use; and work for garden beds, container gardens, and trees.

After reading this guide, you will learn how to: Set up different kinds of irrigation systems Landscape to catch water Harvest rainwater
With drought and water shortages on the rise, Bainbridge's methods of low-tech, low-cost irrigation systems will keep you prepared for any scenario and ensure your gardens can continue to thrive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612125824
• ISBN13: 9781612125824
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 7.9"