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how to use water efficiently in and around your home<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n – Consider these water – wise ideas in the gardens<\/span> Soil<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n – Add organic matter to the soil whenever possible as it assists in water retention.<\/span> Irrigation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n – Switch off irrigation systems or sprinklers as soon as puddles start to form.<\/span> Water your garden.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n – Avoid watering on windy days.<\/span> Lawns<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n – Keep your lawn area small <\/span> Vegetable patches<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n – Grow cucumbers and tomatoes in containers as they require large amounts of water.<\/span> how to use water efficiently in and around your home – Consider these water – wise ideas in the gardens– Raise the edges of your garden beds to prevent run -off.– Choose indigenous and drought – tolerent plants for your garden – ieeally plants that are suitable for your prticular climate.– Use a good mulch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-3Lh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 03:12:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Raise the edges of your garden beds to prevent run -off.<\/span>
– Choose indigenous and drought – tolerent plants for your garden – ieeally plants that are suitable for your prticular climate.<\/span>
– Use a good mulch to reduce water run\u00a0 – off and evapouration such as bark chips gravel or compost.<\/span>
– Plant windbreaks to reduce the drying effect of wind.<\/span>
Control weeds, which compete with useful plants for water.<\/span>
– Keep planted areas dense and consolidated. Sparse scattered plants are more difficult to water.<\/span>
– Use windbreaks perogolas screens lattices shade cloth and climbers to shelter to water.<\/span>
– Collect rainwater from your roof in tanks placed under downpipes.<\/span>
– Construct underground French drains form the gutters to where you wish water to be directed.<\/span>
– Avoid cleaning paved areas with a hose pipe – rather brush them down with a garden broom.<\/span>
– Use a bucket than a hosepipe.<\/span><\/p>\n
–\u00a0 When planting up containers mix water retaining granuales into the potting soil.<\/span>
– if your ground is compact, whn you first, deep till or loosen it for better water penetration. if you have clay soil add lime.<\/span><\/p>\n
–\u00a0 consider a drip irrigation system for watering, shrubs trees and vegetables. this will prevent water loss by evaporation.
– During extended periods of cool, overcast weather reduce the time of the irrigation cycles.<\/span>
– Check your irrigation system regularly to avoid losing water through leaks and inefficiency.<\/span>
Irrigate at night when the evapotranspiration<\/span> rates are lower and the water pressure is higher.<\/span>
– Adjust sprinklers so they don’t water the paving.<\/span><\/p>\n
– Water when your plant is starting to wilt.<\/span>
– the best times to water are early in\u00a0 the morning or late afternoon.<\/span>
– Water your garden less often, often but more thoroughly as frequent watering encourages shallow roots making your plants more.<\/span>
– Plants annuals and other plants with high water needs in containers rather than in masses.<\/span>
– Use water timers on your tap in case you forget to turn of the hose <\/span>
– Water your garden with a watering can whenever possible rather than a hose.<\/span>
– create water water basins around trees and large shrubs directly by installing a pipe that runs through the soil and down to the roots.<\/span>
– In summer rainfall areas delay watering to early in spring as plants will normally only flourish after the first good rains<\/span><\/p>\n
– Minimise run off by contouring your lawn to channel water into boarders not down driveways.<\/span>
– Encourage healthy deep rooted grass by irrigating lawns as deeply and infrequently as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n
– Sow carrots lettuce beet turnips and radish in closely spaced parallel rows or in\u00a0 a band to reduce the area requiring water.<\/span>
– make sure the vegetables garden is moist at the start of the day when groing into a heatwave <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"