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5 Comments on Water your lawn more effectively and efficiently
I hope you guys get some rain down there soon...sound like it is simply hot and dry...
cool. So how do you keep the water bill down? LOL
Hi, Greg: No offense- and please don't take this the wrong way, but I just can't believe you're even allowed to water with sprinkler systems and all during the severe dry spells out your way.
Here, for example, the St. John's Water Management folks set the law as to watering restrictions we must follow. Typically, you cn water 2x a week during wetter parts of the years, 1x week during dryer months. It was those restrictions that actually led to my 1st interaction wth the authorities when I moved here. I got a call from a deputy in front of a place I managed- he was watching the sprinklers going to town on a day when they shouldn't have been on, and I had to high-tail it there to stave off a fine.
In even dryer areas a bit West, though, it's often stricter that that. In Tampa and a good bit of Pasco County, the laws have often been pretty simple: NO watering with sprinkler/irrigation systems, period. Watering with a garden hose by hand- one day a week.
All told, I know folks are hurting in Texas from these dry days most have never seen- but folks in The Lone Star State may count as a blessing of small measure that they can use your good advice at all.
Dennis, absolutely no offense taken at all. I'll follow the rules whatever they may be. In our case, here in Arlington, the only restriction is the time of day we can water. We cannot water between 10am and 6pm. Yes there is a drought but it's nothing we were not prepared for so we are not about to run out of water. The restrictions vary by city here in north Texas. In some cities one can only water on certain days, or even once a week, etc. Yes, it's a tough situation but since we go through this every year, at different levels, we are basically as prepared as we can be. So for there to be a restriction in this area that states no sprinkler system watering at all, would be very rare.
Greg, my friend owns a large acreage tract in the "Hill Country" of Texas.
He says that the vegetation is suffering, and the wildlife is in trouble.
Pray for Rain!