Reducing outdoor water use on a residential scale is
absolutely necessary during times of drought but is really something that we
need to do consistently in the Mediterranean climate we live in here in California. Here are a
few more tips to add to the article 'Save our water! Tips for conserving water outdoors' in the Chico News and Review January 30, 2014 issue:
- Reduce/remove your lawn by sheet mulching
- Plant perennials instead of annuals
- Boost the soil food web living in your soil
- Install a clothes washer greywater system
- Harvest rainwater
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