Thursday, January 5, 2017

Now that the Sierras are Filling Up with Snow

                                          Cactus in the Snow, Photo by @RootedHope

Now that the Sierras are filling up with snow, can Californian's relax their new drought gardening practices?  Some people are quick to latch onto the news, but really especially here in Southern California there is no reason to go back to the old gardening ways. Native plants are the answer to our gardens. Most Southern California native plants are drought tolerant, because they belong here in our climate, with our sparse rainfall and our hot summers. So we are on the right track with our new drought-tolerant front yards.

What we can do is maybe relax a bit on uncomfortable water restrictions, such as taking a bucket in the shower with you and doing the 3-min Navy-type showers. In some places, such as Catalina Island, that is still the norm.  Catalina has no water piped in from the Sierras. It gets its water from two desalinization plants.  So water restriction is very serious there.

Happy New Year! Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!

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