LESS WATER = MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET!
Temperatures are soaring and so are our water bills! We all know the importance of conserving water, but now that we are finally enduring the year’s hottest months, it’s time to get motivated to save water. All you have to do is take one glance at your water bill to know that something has to change. According to the EPA, an estimated amount of 7.8 billion gallons of water – or anywhere from 30 to 70 percent depending on the region – are used outdoors in the U.S. each year and as much as half of that is wasted due to inefficient watering methods. If this month’s water bill left you in shock or wondering how to lower your bill, without jeopardizing the beautiful green hue of your lawn, you’re in luck!
Certified Landscape Professional and Master Gardener Joe Lamp’l of PBS’ “Growing a Greener World” has teamed up with Pennington Seed to provide all of us homeowners with money saving gardening tips. In this video, Joe Lamp’l shares gardening techniques, such as:
– Easy methods to properly water our yards, minimize outdoor water consumption, and maintaining sustainability.
– Simple tips on how to keep yard and garden weed free
– Which plants help achieve optimal water efficiency
The infographic below that I am attaching is from Pennington Seed and it offers tips and information on Quenching Your Yards Thirst. Where I live in California, we have a huge issue with water! This year especially we are in a drought crisis practically and our yards and trees are in trouble. Both of my trees are very sad and I am struggling to keep them alive! 🙁 Conservation is critical to our planet and by choosing the right plants and grass for your area will help save you time, money and water! You cannot be that!
Here’s more about Joe Lamp’l:
As a Certified Landscape Professional and Master Gardener, Joe Lamp’l combines his television experience and expertise of landscaping, environmental stewardship and passion for living a more eco-friendly life, as creator, host and executive producer of the award-winning national public television series Growing a Greener World®.
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i have systematically been replacing my lawn with zoysia (which requires very little water) and lots of plants that do well with little water too. my next project is to get a water barrel.
It is good to know this, for conversation reasons and for savings. We sometimes don’t think of ways to conserve – this is great!
I am well aware of the drought in certain parts of the country and have been trying to conserve water for years. My plants thrive without much water so I guess they are the correct ones. I shall look into his tips more thoroughly .