Garden Tip: Keep yourself and your plants hydrated

GARDEN TIP

Summer Is about staying hydrated

Here are two important tips for summer, one for your plants and one for you. Save water, and drink water.

Save water by positioning plants with the same water needs together. You wouldn’t plant dahlias under a Ceanothus shrub or sunflowers with a cactus would you? Either one would die from lack of water, or the other would die from overwatering and root rot. If you group drought-tolerant plants together, you will save water by irrigating infrequently.

Drink water when you work in the garden. Consider carrying a water bottle with you. On warm summer days, it’s important to avoid overheating and dehydration.

— Katie Martin, UC Marin Master Gardener