Sunday May 13, 2012, 8:58 am
Thank you Cher for sharing, with pleasure noted

Sunday May 13, 2012, 9:37 am
noted

Sunday May 13, 2012, 10:27 am
noted

Sunday May 13, 2012, 11:12 am
thanks

Sunday May 13, 2012, 11:59 am
Just, love it!!!

Sunday May 13, 2012, 2:31 pm

Noted..

Sunday May 13, 2012, 3:10 pm
Read and noted. Thanks for posting the article Cher. Greart ideas that should be used.

Sunday May 13, 2012, 6:58 pm
very good ideas :) thank you Cher

Monday May 14, 2012, 4:24 am
thank you

Monday May 14, 2012, 6:22 am
Thank you for sharing the great ideas.

Monday May 14, 2012, 7:45 am
Thanks!

Monday May 14, 2012, 8:57 am
noted thanks

Monday May 14, 2012, 9:17 am
Thanks!

Monday May 14, 2012, 1:38 pm
Interesting thx!

Monday May 14, 2012, 1:56 pm
If plants from the local environment are used, they can usually work with the available water supply and minimise or eliminate irrigation. If irrigation is still needed:
Water at night, preferably shortly before dawn, to avoid evaporative losses.
Use 'grey' water or rain from a cistern system to save on treated drinking water.
Contour the lawn or garden so irrigation water tends to soak in vice run off, also preventing loss of expensive fertiliser.

Monday May 14, 2012, 3:50 pm
Great suggestions. I seem to have the opposite problem as far as water is concerned but I do try to mulch and plant native plants to help the situation.

Monday May 14, 2012, 5:11 pm
Thank you.

Monday May 14, 2012, 5:56 pm
Fine strategy to save water, but Canada (and the US) is one of the 85% of the countries on earth that have a water surplus projected through 2050 according to the UN Food and Agricultural Agency and the IPCC. water shortages are coming and they will be severe in the other 15% of the countries on the planet, but saving water in Canada does not affect those regions.
Save water when possible and cut your water bill. I do myself by using downspout cisterns in my garden. But the reality is this is not a true environmental impact in most of North America and Northern Europe.

Monday May 14, 2012, 10:09 pm
Thanks

Tuesday May 15, 2012, 2:01 am
nice tips. thanks for sharing!

Tuesday May 15, 2012, 3:27 am
' In Colorado, many homeowners leave a buffer zone between their lawns and the street, so that runoff water from lawn sprinklers doesn’t run down the gutters'

Why have lawn at all in front of the house? No-one plays, sits or walks on it - it is just a huge waste of water, fertilliser and time. Grow native ground covers instead.

Tuesday May 15, 2012, 5:12 am
thank you Cher, noted

Tuesday May 15, 2012, 5:36 am
noted,xxx

Tuesday May 15, 2012, 6:29 am
Noted

Tuesday May 15, 2012, 6:46 am
Thanks. Very useful.

Tuesday May 15, 2012, 10:50 am
Noted..useful & interesting!

Wednesday May 16, 2012, 2:14 pm
Thanks for the post! The article has a lot of good tips.