No Summer Water

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Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone on this list-serve has a garden that really receives no summer water, or only water from the occasional hose.  As we are entering the dog days, how does it look?  Does it look like, well, a garden?  Is the ground more-or-less covered with greenery, or is it mostly bare or mulched ground?

I'm concerned about water use in an arid land, and I have a small chaparral garden at our home which now in its third year receives very little summer water,and it looks OK, even in its summer quietude.  I would feel a bit deprived and thirsty, however, if the entire garden looked the same. 

What are anyone else's experiences gardening with or without water?

-Ben Wiswall

Simi Valley, CA