Mulch beds and borders with an organic mulch such as pole peelings or shredded bark to limit water evaporation on hot days. Mulch will also help reduce the number of weeds. Contact Higher Ground Landscapes to design and implement planted beds with mulch.
The best time to water your lawn and garden is between midnight and 8 a.m. There is less evaporation and usually better water pressure than during the daytime. When you water in the evening the leaves stay wet during the night, making them more susceptible to disease. Contact Higher Ground Landscapes to install automatic watering systems such as drip irrigation.
Plants grown in containers will require frequent watering during the hot month of July -- possibly as often as twice a day! Container plants should also be fertilized approximately every two weeks since heavy watering washes nutrients out of the soil.
