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Save Water in Your Garden


By Anne Nieland

Soaker Hose
 

Use a Soaker Hose

Sprinklers lose water to evaporation -- so keep the air from gobbling up your precious moisture by using a soaker hose, which slowly drips water into the soil. Cover it with mulch and you waste next to nothing.

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