Before you remove your lawn, take a deep breath and relax. You can easily save 25% of your water usage without taking out the lawn.

Here are some strategies:

• Most of us can water 2 times a week at about 20 minutes each time without noticing a difference. If you have Bermuda grass you can cut back to once a week or even less. We tend to over water our lawn.
• Make sure the sprinklers are watering the lawn not the sidewalk.
• Fix leaks and drips. These add up very fast.
• Water in early morning.
• Don't fertilize your lawn.

We have had a love affair with our lawns our entire life. We water, fertilize, mow, edge, spray and seed it. We baby the new seedlings. We are so excited when the grass grows. We have equipment just for the lawn. We put a lot of time and money into our lawn. It hurts when we think about giving up the lawn. It's going to be ok, you don't have to give up your lawn. You just need to learn a few new tricks.

But, if you want to remove your lawn......

Next week we will talk about how to save your trees.