Garden Tuesday, the one where she is using rocks to water the plants....

To contact us Click HERE
Water is expensive in this part of the country. We do not have "irrigation water". Just in case you are wondering what irrigation water is, let me explain. When I lived in Yakima WA, the snow melted and traveled down the mountainsides to the irrigation canals and those full canals filled the hose bibs in every yard.

 The water was "on" the middle of June and went "off" the end of September, or so. Back then it was a flat seasonal fee, things might have changed since then, but the point is, we don't have irrigation water in Vancouver. All of our water in Vancouver is what we use to call "house water", and that water is purified/treated, drinkable and metered. Yep, metered.........

Truth is gardening is expensive in Vancouver, yep because of the price of water. A rain barrel at each corner of the house would help of course, but not that much. I practice a few techniques, mulching and drip hoses being my two favorites.

But I have this one flower that seems to need a lot of water, more water than the soil can hold between each watering. Enter rocks, yep, rocks. My thought was to build up a wall around the plant to add a bit more soil and help keep the moisture right where the plant needs it.

For some reason water seems to flow away from plants, even on flat grades. Let's see if this helps.......




As always, thanks for taking a moment to stop and say hello. I appreciate your time and your wonderful comments

this post shared with:
garden tuesday@sidewalk shoes
tuesday garden party@an oregon cottage