Overview
Gardening with Less Water introduces gardeners to simple low-cost, low-tech techniques — using terra-cotta pipes, wicks, and recycled plastic bottles — that are up to 10 times more efficient than traditional watering methods.
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.
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.
- | Author: David A. Bainbridge
- | Publisher: Workman Publishing
- | Publication Date: Dec 29, 2015
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781612125824
- | ISBN-10: 1612125824