Raised Bed Gardening Blog

Water-wise Gardening

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One of the main reasons I developed the Grow Y'own Raised

Bed gardening system with covers, was to reduce the need

for using excessive amounts of water to grow food. The

covers keep the soil from drying out so rapidly, and the

whole environment works like a terrarium- once you deliver

water to the system, it stays in the bed, condensing upwards

to the inside of the covers, and dropping, over and over.

The need for watering is highly limited. We water most

beds 5-10 minutes a day, with 6" spaced 1/4" laser lines.

These emit very slowly, drop by drop. In the Winter, we

water about once a month- only several gallons at a

time for a 4x8 bed.

   Here in the Southwest, water is everything. Collecting

it is vital, and should be done whenever possible. And,

the Grow Y'own system is the best way to use less, and

grow more!