DD already saves water from her sinks. Her shower heats up almost right away. I think thats fabulous as ours takes forever to heat up. I respect the drought situation here. The drought-tolerant plants do need a drink for a couple weeks to get established. But after that, once a month should be fine, if that much. Her verbena will get bloom food every 10 days, along with the Million Bells but no extra water. The cordyline, bottle brush, and Rock portulaca can acceot once a month watering. Everything is covered in 3-4" of mulch. The 3 planters I got are called City Planters from Home Depot. It has a 4" water reserve at the bottom and a plastic "mulch " cover thst helps prevent drying out. Only a small hole was cut in it to insert the plants into the soil. Except for some bloom food , those planters can be left to their own devices for quite a long time. There is a watering tube that puts the water back to the bottom when needed. I will help DD along the way as she is just learning about gardening. But she is so pleased to have a nice new yard and new electric mower for what's left of the lawn. ... I am itching to water the lawn! Hahaha. But I won't. I keep listening for the HOA sprinklers to come on at midnight each night. I hope they will while we are still here so I can see where the water hits the new landscape. .... We completed the project tonight planting the last plants, sedge. I am a little sore but happy. My friends tease me about traveling somewhere just to find some new yard work to do. This is not my first time. I rototilled my sister's back yard in San Diego and got some lawn started a number of years ago. And I went to my Cousin's home in San Francisco just to help her clean out and trim her back yard. We found an amazing garden hidden under overgrowth. I admit. I am in my element when it comes to landscaping new yards.
