Landscaping

» Georgene A. Bramlage - How much and how often?

The principles for watering "gardens" are the same as for watering "lawns." The exception is that once you know the requirements of your plants, you might have to water less or more deeply and slowly.

I see that Barb Martin and Angela England (our flower garden ladies) have both given a little bit more specific instruction to you at the a href="http://flowergardens.suite101.com/discus..."Flower Garden site.

Twenty minutes each day is definitely too much water for both lawns and flowers gardens. And in Chicago, there will be times of the growing year where you won't need wateirng at all.

Hope this helps a little to get you started on setting the timers on your irrigation system. Look for more about watering here in Landscaping as the summer progresses.

Georgene