THE THIRTEEN DEADLY SYNDROMES by Owen E. Dell 1. THE SATURDAY MORNING SYNDROME SYMPTOMS: The urge to venture forth on weekends to the local nursery, to seek out new, mysterious and cheap plants, to bring them home and to look for a place to put them. This leads to a mish-mosh of plants that has […]
WHAT TO DO DURING A DROUGHT for your plants in Kelowna • Doing nothing is sometimes best • Avoid fertilizer – it can burn root hairs, cause drying out of the tissue • Avoid pruning – it stimulates new growth, which uses water reserves • Avoid pesticides – they can injure drought-stressed foliage • Avoid watering, obviously • Turn off your controller or […]
Some of the solutions being developed are: Reduction of storm water run-off through the use of bio-swales, rain gardens and green roofs and walls. Reduction of water use in landscapes through design of water-wise garden techniques (sometimes known as xeriscaping) Bio-filtering of wastes through constructed wetlands Landscape irrigation using water from showers and sinks, known […]