- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Published on: January 21, 2014

An artichoke in the drip grid. This area is ready for planting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
--English nursery rhyme
How will your garden grow during California’s drought emergency? Gov. Jerry Brown says the state is facing the worst drought in its recorded history.
We urban gardeners may turn quite contrary if our gardens don't grow.
Alternative: Consider installing a drip irrigation system.
Why a drip system? It’s target watering. It’s uniform watering. It’s non-wasteful watering. You don’t want to water the leaves, the space between the plants, or worse, water the sidewalk or let the water gush into the gutter.
Drip...
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