Ep. 152 Creating a water-conscious landscape | #GoodGrowing

On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we welcome Emily Swihart back to talk about water-conscious landscaping! Learn why planning our landscapes with water in mind is important and how we can incorporate water-conscious landscaping into our landscapes. 

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  00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily, and are our landscapes ready for frost?

  06:30 – What is water-conscious landscaping? Is it just a fancy way of saying xeriscaping? 

  07:55 – Do we need to worry about saving water in Illinois? 

  11:15 - What are some ways we can incorporate water-conscious landscaping into our landscapes? 

    11:50 – Right plant, right place

    18:05 – Mulch

    22:47 – How do lawns fit in?

    24:43 – Irrigation systems

  31:20 – Vegetable gardens use a lot of water, how can we be water-conscious in them?    

    36:50 – What about harvested water?

  38:32 - Now that plants are starting to lose their leaves and go dormant, do we still need to worry about watering them? 

  43:00 - Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!

Check out other Good Growing Podcast episodes! 

  2023 weather and what to expect for the winter: https://youtu.be/RYXakCpxO2c 

  All about mulch: https://youtu.be/sqw4Cwr7wjo 

Contact us! 

Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu

Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu 

Emily Swihart: eswihart@illinois.edu 

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