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Old 31-05-2007, 03:25 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Kimberly Kimberly is offline
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Default WATERING RESTRICTIONS IN DROUGHT AREAS


"James" wrote in message
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| On May 27, 8:05 pm, "Kimberly" wrote:
| "James" wrote in message
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| oups.com...
| | On May 26, 6:42 pm, Johnny wrote:
| | Georgia is in the forth year of a severe drought and as a result
| | watering restrictions have been put into place. There is one aspect
of
| | the rules that few people are aware of. According to the Atlanta
| | Constitution, under the statewide rules, new landscaping installed
by
| | a professional may be watered daily for 30 days after installation,
| | and food gardens can be watered any time. It is possible that other
| | states may have similar rules.:
| |
| | www-raised-garden-bed.com/
| |
| | Johnny
| |
| | Allowing food gardens to be watered any time is not a good idea.
| | People should learn to garden with droughts. Those of us who don't
| | garden next to a faucet do other things instead of watering.
| |
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| For instance? Inquiring minds and all...
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| Thanks.
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| Kimberly
| In Georgia using all kitchen sink water to water garden. Among other
| things.
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| Growing "drought resistant" vegetable varieties.
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| Wider spacing between plants so what ever rain feeds fewer plants.
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| Get rid of weeds.
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| Mulch.
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| Get ideas from Israeli farming techniques.
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|

Thanks, I'm doing all of that. Thought maybe there might be something else.