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Shall There be No Relief?? - Page 2


© Emily Levitt
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Jun 14, 2000


If your lawn is something you can live without this summer, let it go. Illegal watering gets you a five hundred dollar fine in metro Atlanta, and that buys a lot of grass seed. I wasn't kidding about the water police!

I save as much water as I can for use in the garden, from melted ice in picnic coolers and leftover drinking water. I toss this water onto plants on the porch or near the door. I baby some of my hydrangeas in this way, too.

I'm on a hunt for Water-Grabbers (also known as TerraSorb) and if any readers know of a source for these, I'd like hear form you. These products are basically a granulated from of the stuff in disposable diapers. They're scarce around here, for the obvious reason.

***EDITOR'S UPDATE***June 18th

I found some water retaining crystals on-line at Hallson Gardens This is not a paid promotional announcement, it's a reference to a very similar product which seems to be unavailable in my parched neck of the woods. I'm going to try it. Maybe I can still save a few of my annuals yet!

Yes, it looks like a freeze-dried version of the material in disposable nappies, and holds at least as much water as a big diaper when soaked. If you've held a wet baby lately, you know that's a LOT of liquid!

Do YOU have any water saving tricks you can share with those of us in the parched South? If so, please share them! We need help!



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11.   Oct 1, 2000 9:40 AM
There is massive road construction in our area, and my on-line access shifts from slow to fast to zero depending on where the road crews have hit phone lines.

I had trouble uploading last week; I k ...

-- posted by emilylevitt
10.   Sep 30, 2000 2:06 PM
Hi Emily,

What I have done is to use a Ross Root feeder.

It drills a nice two foot hole into which you can later pour in the gels. I often use it to penetrate hard soils, then pouring in organi ...

-- posted by bindweed
9.   Jul 29, 2000 6:41 PM
I've used plastic chopsticks to poke holes deep into potted soil to insert those gel things to pots. Works pretty well.

I'm still trying to find a reliable method for getting gels around deep roote ...

-- posted by emilylevitt
8.   Jul 28, 2000 8:22 PM
I will try to sidestep a comment about silver and fuzzy foliaged herbs, but I must add that more infrequent and deeper watering is the way to go in the future ... not now because the plants have been ...

-- posted by bindweed
7.   Jul 26, 2000 7:38 PM
That's quite a list...! I keep trippping over the cracks in red clay hardpan, which has become the most visible feature of my former lawn...

I do have ONE happy four-year-old lavendar. It's the on ...

-- posted by emilylevitt



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