Vegetables contain a lot of water, naturally, they’ll be thirsty too…here’s how to save water in your vegetable garden:

• Regularly work in organic matter into the soil to help the soil retain water better
• Add a thick layer of mulch to slow down evaporation
• During summer, hang a cloth for shade to offer some protection from the heat
• Add windbreaks as the wind can dry out plants too
• Deweed regularly
• Water at cooler times – between 9pm and 6am
• Water deeply and less often
• Collect rainwater and use this for your veggie patch
• Go old school and water by hand

Watering a vegetable garden by hand is part of the TLC process. It serves 3 purposes:

1. It saves water
2. It allows you to give more thirsty vegetables what they need without drowning those that don’t
3. It ensures that you keep an eye on each individual plant regularly so you can give each plant exactly what it needs when it needs it

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Exactly what a waterwise gardener ordered!