Gardening with Less Water

Gardening with Less Water
ISBN: 9781612125824
Publication Date: 29 December 2015

Water shortages have become an everyday concern, but drought or a dry climate doesn't mean your garden has to suffer. With inexpensive materials such as terracotta pots, recycled bottles and nylon rope, you can create simple, effective and efficient watering systems that will dramatically reduce your water use and benefit your garden, showing how to reduce water use by up to 90%. These super-efficient systems deliver water directly to the roots, reduce weed growth, cut back on watering time and work for any size garden, and for container plants. Many of the techniques are not yet fully embraced but within the pages of Gardening with Less Water drought resilience is possible and its teachings will save precious water. Full-colour photographs and illustrated step by step instructions show how to assemble these low-tech systems and use them in the home landscape.

About the Author

David A. Bainbridge is professor emeritus of ecology and agroecology at Alliant International University in San Diego, California. He is the author or co-author of many books, including "The Straw Bale House" (Chelsea Green, 1994), "A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration" (Island Press, 2007), and "Passive Solar Architecture" (Chelsea Green, 2011). He lives in San Diego and has been researching dryland restoration and irrigation since 1981.