February 4 , 2016
Saving Water Without Sacrifice
With Sunday ’s temps let out records on January ’s last day , I ’m so beaming I planted winter - annual calendula for brunch bee . It ’s so easy to grow water thrifty works that do n’t belittle our wildlife . Low - careAloe maculatablooms for months to support hummingbird and pollinators . Evergreen aboriginal vine Carolina jessamine draws every bee in the neighborhood!Honestly , it sears my soul to keep an eye on an over - reaction to drouth with sway - over yards . Within weeks , they ’re peppered with “ mourning band ” and stalwart Bermuda grass . People ask me , “ So , can I just kill it all with herbicides ? ” Polluting our watershed is a solution to water conservation ? Let ’s step off , far away , from this dangerous drift .
Succulent Dasylirions are much prettier than carpeting of gravel , though they do like rocky , well - enfeeble soil . ettier thanDaphne explains how to grow structural sotols , includingDasylirion acrotriche . There are many species and I get very confused about them!Jeff Pavlatset me straight onD.wheeleri . Their sky high flowers alert hummingbirds and pollinator . Unlike some agaves , their late spring / summer blooms do not terminate their lives . Simply thin out the stem at the base when it brown . body of water - thrifty repeated herbs flavor our gardens , from ground - hug oreganos to shank - gamy rosemary varieties . This prostrate rosemary I planted on my neighbour ’s kerb years ago never fetch hose body of water . Although pelting bombs rotted out some arm last year , its bee rally goes on as scheduled!Trisha tells us : “ Use the flowers in ballock or tuna salad , as a flavorful garnish , and in drinks or herbaceous plant butter . They have a mild confidential information of rosemary and a piece of sweetness too . ”
Thanks for cease by ! See you next hebdomad , Linda
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