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Gardening with Less Water
David A. Bainbridge
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Description for Gardening with Less Water
Paperback. Are you facing drought or water shortages? Gardening with Less Water offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently - using up to 90% less water for the same results. Num Pages: 128 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 10. .
Are you facing drought or water shortages? Gardening with Less Water offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently - using up to 90% less water for the same results. With illustrated step-by-step instructions, David Bainbridge shows you how to install buried clay pots and pipes, wicking systems, and other porous containers that deliver water directly to a plant's roots with no or minimal evaporation. These systems are available at hardware stores and garden centres; are easy to set up and use; and work for garden beds, container gardens, and trees.
Are you facing drought or water shortages? Gardening with Less Water offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently - using up to 90% less water for the same results. With illustrated step-by-step instructions, David Bainbridge shows you how to install buried clay pots and pipes, wicking systems, and other porous containers that deliver water directly to a plant's roots with no or minimal evaporation. These systems are available at hardware stores and garden centres; are easy to set up and use; and work for garden beds, container gardens, and trees.
Product Details
Publisher
Storey Publishing LLC United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
North Adams, United States
ISBN
9781612125824
SKU
V9781612125824
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About David A. Bainbridge
David A. Bainbridge is professor emeritus of ecology and agroecology at Alliant International University in San Diego, California. He is the author or co-author of many books, including The Straw Bale House (Chelsea Green, 1994), A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration (Island Press, 2007), and Passive Solar Architecture (Chelsea Green, 2011). He lives in San Diego and has been ... Read more
Reviews for Gardening with Less Water
David Bainbridge brings together his deep understanding of ancient techniques developed in desert conditions with modern data on how adaptations of those techniques will work in backyard gardens and small farms.
Cheryl Long, Editor-in-Chief, Mother Earth News If you need to water your plants, you also need to conserve water. This book ... Read more
Cheryl Long, Editor-in-Chief, Mother Earth News If you need to water your plants, you also need to conserve water. This book ... Read more