Rumor has it that last year’s drought is easing. Unfortunately, although north Georgia ahead of last year for rain, the drought is still in full swing and although no further water restrictions have been imposed, we all need to still be watchful.
Harvesting the water that we do get can go a long way to maintaining a thriving garden, during these stressful times.
Water barrels are the most obvious remedy, but these are just collection points, and are not necessarily the best solution for every garden. Adjusting gutters and creating swales in the landscape can capture water that does fall and keep it on the property rather than letting it runoff into the storm sewers.
Efficient irrigation of the landscape can then take this water, relay it through a drainage system and deliver the optimal amount of water the plant roots where it can be utilized.
The radio show on water harvesting had Stuart DiNenno from Atlanta Water Harvest as a guest and we talked abut different ways to capture water to redistribute around the landscape.
At the beginning of the show, I admitted to not having even a water barrel in the garden, but that was corrected this past weekend. Mine came from Home Depot and took about 2 hours to install. On Saturday afternoon we got barely ¼” of rain, but the barrel captured about 2 gallons of water.
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