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

This beginner-friendly guide presents simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering gardens efficiently, using up to 90 percent less water while achieving the same results. David Bainbridge provides illustrated step-by-step instructions for installing buried clay pots and pipes, wicking systems, and other porous containers that deliver water directly to plant roots with minimal evaporation. These irrigation systems are available at hardware stores and garden centers, are easy to set up and use, and work for garden beds, container gardens, and trees. The guide covers how to set up different kinds of irrigation systems, landscape to catch water, and harvest rainwater. As drought and water shortages increase, these low-tech, low-cost irrigation methods help prepare gardens for various conditions and enable them to continue thriving.