Creating Gardens Using Low-Water Irrigation - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. The most important thing to remember is if you set your as many zones as you can separately, then you can control the zone based on whether it is shaded or in full sun, whether it is east facing or west facing garden, because west facing gets a lot more sun. So, and you can also determine how much water per plant if you have zones, more control over that. The other thing is I use a drip line that has an emitter, and each emitter it has a filter, and so these drip lines almost never clog. In fact in about 12-14 years I have been using the same drip line, it has never clogged. Some irrigation timers can be set to a seasonal adjust, and I try to do my seasonal adjust pretty much every time the weather changes and then the other type of irrigation timer is a smart irrigation timer that clues into the weather via a wireless system and it can basically adjust itself according to weather patterns that are expected for your area or that have already happened. So a smart timer will actually save you money and it is brain free! You do not have to use your brain to use it. Some other things you can think about for low water irrigation are capturing cray water and putting that into your garden, and that is where you take the water from, say, getting a bath or washing your dishes and you pump that into the soil. And then let's not forget about rainwater catching systems. So catching water off your roof, catching water through the pavement, actually there is pavement now that is porous. And you can catch the water, put it into a tank underneath the ground and pump that into your garden. So actually do not underestimate how much this can help, because the amount of rainwater caught in one season could be enough to feed your garden for the rest of the year. I know someone who is already doing that.
