March 31, 2006

Drought directions

If you're coming to this blog for the first time via Guardian Unlimited from my piece about how to save water in the garden, welcome. Have a click around and let me know what you think.

And if you're a regular, guess what? I've written a piece for Guardian Unlimited (my day job, although I don't usually write about gardening) about how to save water in the garden!

The piece includes a picture of some echinacea, a plant I just happened to have planted in my garden. I can't wait for it to start blooming.

31 Mar 2006 13:27:53 | Gardening articles, Me me me

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Great article. I had been thinking of using water butts or rain barrels but for the most part I stick to mulch and using grey water on the flowers and shrubs, I don't feel great about using it in the vegetable garden.

Posted by: Garden Blogger Guy | April 03, 2006 at 05:28 PM

I got my rain barrels online... and they look like Terra Cotta. I've never seen such gorgeous rain barrels before!

Posted by: rain barrels | September 19, 2008 at 05:42 PM

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