An introduction to watering the home garden:

Water is life for all living bodies and plants as well. Adequate amount of moisture in the soil is very much essential for the plants to grow healthy. Studies have shown that a healthy plant has a normal percentage of 75 to 90 % water in its body. And hence proper watering and irrigation of the all the garden plants is of prime importance in the whole concept of gardening. As for the home gardener there are several options for applying water to the plants that primarily includes sprinkler can, a garden hose with a fan nozzle or spray attachment, a portable lawn sprinkler, a perforated plastic soaker hose, drip or tickle irrigation system and a semi automatic drip system. When making a decision to which type of watering equipment or system to use there are lot of things to consider like the area meant to be water, quantity and frequency etc.

Use of rainwater in the garden:

Rainwater is a valuable natural resource that can be collected for household use. Using rainwater has a lot of disadvantages including reduction in the water bills, provision of a chlorine-free supply of fresh drinking water along with a reduction in community infrastructure costs. The opportunities for the collection and utilization of rainwater vary according to the location. The usage of rainwater for gardening purposes is best. The whole process can be done in three simple steps that include capture, diversion, and storage. Harvesting rainwater can reduce the use of drinking water for landscape irrigation. Coupled with the use of native and drought-tolerant plants, rainwater harvesting is an effective water conservation tool because it provides free water that is not from the City's municipal water supply. More over there are many benefits to harvesting rainwater. Water harvesting not only reduces dependence on groundwater and the amount of money spent on water, but also reduces off-site flooding and erosion by holding rainwater on the site. However rainwater is found to be appropriate for large-scale landscapes like parks, schools, commercial sites, parking lots etc. For small-scale residential landscapes and home gardens the concept is new and is yet to be applied.

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