Gardening Tips
One goal of the Lost Pines Garden Club is to
exchange information with each other on effective gardening techniques including plants and materials related to gardening. Special emphasis is on tips which help address the unique characteristics of our Central Texas area including dealing with drought conditions.
Below are listed some gardening tips.
Hardy cactus for our area. Click here for useful information from Howard Nemerov on plants which can be good choices.
Bastrop State Park. This beautiful park was severely burned in the September fires. Click here for a good letter from the Park superintendent, one of many dedicated park empolyees.
Effective and water efficient lawn and vegetation
watering/irrigation: Water is a precious resource in
limited supply and which costs money. One major consumer of water can be lawn irrigation. Traditional spray heads can waste water by not providing water to where the grass or plants need it near the roots. Drip irrigation involves installing drip lines near the pant or grass roots. This is frequently done
with planting beds. However, this can also be down with lawn which frequently
use much more water in typical suburban homes than all other water use
combined. Click here for one choice on drip irrigation.
