Another shot from the garden. It has rained a lot today, so I played with the light to make it come out starker and more autumnal than the ones taken earlier in the week, when it was sunnier.
If you have to water, doing it in the evening minimises the amount lost to evaporation before it soaks in.
Using a watering can instead of a sprinkler also reduces evaporation losses
Another handy trick - if you have to wait for ages for water to run hot like I do - collect the cold/luke warm water in a bowl and tip that over the lawn.
Also, if you have a water butt to collect rain off your roof, you can use that for the lawn (it's the best water of all as it's no chlorine or water-purification chemicals - they're not particularly bad, but without is better)
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Date: 2008-08-13 06:18 pm (UTC)Using a watering can instead of a sprinkler also reduces evaporation losses
Another handy trick - if you have to wait for ages for water to run hot like I do - collect the cold/luke warm water in a bowl and tip that over the lawn.
Also, if you have a water butt to collect rain off your roof, you can use that for the lawn (it's the best water of all as it's no chlorine or water-purification chemicals - they're not particularly bad, but without is better)