Voting Booth: How do you water your plants?, 1 by Kelli

Kelli wrote:
Someone said of southern California - "instant paradise, just add water".

We use several methods, so I couldn't really vote. The grass, vegetable garden, and some of the flower/shrub beds use overhead sprinklers (not really overhead, but a couple inches to about two feet, depending on the location). Some of the flower beds use soaker hoses. I use a "Noodlhead" on the end of a hose for a couple small areas. Plants in pots and select plants on the steep side slope get watered with a watering can. We also have some areas that seem to fend for themselves. I guess they "steal" water from the neighbors' yards or from part of our yard that we do water. I think we're too high up on the hill to have an accessible water table. If it's a good winter and spring, nature takes care of the watering except for what is under the porch roof. I save rain water to use on those plants so they can get some good (non-hard, non-alkaline) water at least part of the year. We also catch the condensate from the air conditioner.