Re: CULT: gardens, artificiality

Barbara Mann wrote:

[snip]
> I have learned to treat water as precious and to be used always with  
> the thought that I am using something that is not renewed at near the 
> rate we are using it.  People who come into this area seem to have a  
> difficult time understanding this and insist on installing lush       
> gardens and lovely bluegrass lawns.
> 
> Historically, this area (Utah, Colorado, NM, Arizona) has been subject 
> to major droughts of up to twenty five years in length.  Will it take 
> something like that to make us stop wasting water on our gardens, or  
> will we learn to use it wisely?
> 
> Barb, in Santa Fe, where I'm thinking 'way too hard this afternoon.

Keep thinking, Barb -- this is a critical subject & I am always glad 
when people think intelligently about water usage & then act wisely. 
It's especially important in the arid western US to group plants & 
layout gardens & yards with water requirements in mind but really, 
everyone everywhere needs to remember that this stuff is precious -- & 
will not always be abundantly available. 

My normally arid territory has been getting oodles of rain this summer 
but I can say from personal experience that the dry times will be 
baaaack...

Marte in the mtns	Zone 4/Sunset 1  Colorado
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