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

I'm a keep gardener in England and was looking to making my garden more drought tolerant for these increasingly hot summers. This is full of fantastic ideas that are universal. The diagrams and descriptions are simple to follow, as well as being thoroughly well explained.

This is such a common sense book I'm surprised I hadnt thought of some of these myself! Clearly written and great illustrations that really explain the different ways of growing things on limited water supplies. Well worth the money spent on it!

Best GlutenFreeBread on self watering systems, including DIY ones.

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Lots of practical ideas for gardening with less water. Got an allotment this year and the weather has been ridiculously dry - driest summer in 500 years - so invested in this book for some ideas. Haven't been disapointed

Covers practically everything you need to know to help save your plants and the environment.

Informative book

This book is so interesting! I don’t live in a drought area now, but I used to and so I want to try some of these out just so I can do my part! The projects are easy to do and made with inexpensive material options so it’s something I can get started on right away :)

excellent and useful. pictures make the book user friendly. ideas and concept shared are so good. practically applied these ideas in my farm

Wer die letzten Jahre gegärtnert hat, kennt das Problem: Der Regen fällt nicht mehr zur richtigen Zeit. Will heissen: Wer seine Reservetanks im Frühjahr mit Regen Wasser für den Sommer füllen will, ist aufgeschmissen. Im Frühjahr kommt nicht genug runter. 2020 hat es bei uns in Mitteleuropa ab März bis September genau 3x geregnet!!! Auf der Suche nach zusätzlichen Lösungen außerhalb grosser Regentonne und Stroh zur dauerhaften Bodenbedeckung, bin ich auf dieses Buch gestoßen. Bin begeistert über die aufgeführten Möglichkeiten und werde versuchen die Ratschläge ab der nächsten Gartensaison, im kleinen, umzusetzen. Wie oben bereits erwähnt enthält das Buch sowohl für Hobbygärtner als auch für Landwirte prinzipielle wichtige Anregungen wie durch Vermeidung von Wasserverdunstung an der Oberfläche Wasser eingespart werden kann. In Bezug auf die drei letzten Sommer ein unumgängliches Thema.

Ya it tickles the curious part of my brain. Lots of ideas for growing in Mediterranean, drought or dry areas. Some of it, well all of it, is very common sense. I almost slap my forehead and say; "Why didn't I think of that!". Except for sourcing the buried pots and other clay irrigation examples, I would use some of these methods right away. I did select glazed large planters for my mediterranean climate, shaded, covered front porch, where it never rains. I plugged the drain hole and the glaze will hold water in the heat rather than sweating it out. Then I added a PVC pipe with holes drilled towards the bottom so I can water the root zone, as illustrated in the book. Because it never rains I water and can control how much water is put in the pots to avoid having the soil too wet. So, the book is very interesting. Great measurements and comparisons between use of various irrigation methods. The water savings are significant as is the percentage of plant successes. I find the methods enticing and would put them into use if i could find an economical source for the fired clay parts.