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4 postsWhat suits what: a watering can with a removable rose, a hose on a click system, a drip line for the bed, a micro system with pressure reducer and timer. With the pressure figures, the filter rainwater needs, laying under mulch and the right order for draining everything down in autumn.
Mow higher, water rarely but deeply, and sit out the rest: how your lawn survives the summer heat, how to tell whether it is only sleeping, and what to leave well alone until the late summer oversow.
Why daily watering weakens your plants and why deep, infrequent watering almost always wins. With clear amounts for beds, pots and lawn, the finger test, and tricks that save you watering rounds.
Less often but deeper, early in the morning and always at the root: that is how you get through high summer on half a watering can. Plus mulch, a rain barrel and the simple finger test.
