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4. Sprinklers are the most inefficient method of watering. Try to minimize their use and opt instead for drip and trickle systems where possible. Try watering beneath the soil line by punching holes in coffee or juice cans, sinking them six to 12 inches into the soil then filling them with water.

5. Water your grass mindfully. Apply only as much water as the grass needs, up to about one inch of water once or twice per week. You can tell when your grass needs watering by checking for footprints in the grass that don´t spring back up quickly, looking for a bluish-gray coloring that goes away with watering or inserting a long screwdriver into the soil. A dry, thirsty lawn will be much more difficult to penetrate than a moist one. Avoid light waterings of the grass several times per week as this will encourage shallow root growth and will decrease your lawn´s tolerance to opportunistic weeds such as crabgrass. If water is too scarce to water deeply as described above, discontinue completely and let your grass go dormant until fall. (It will come back!)

6. Water trees at the drip line, where the feeder roots are, rather than at the base of the trunk. The drip line is an imaginary line that can be found by pretending that you are standing under the tree while it´s raining. The outer edge where the majority of the water would be dripping off is the drip line.

7. Though many green-thumbs like to relax after work by watering their flowers and lawns, late afternoon and evening are not the best time of day to water. Plants left wet or damp overnight become very susceptible to invasive fungi and other plant diseases. To give your plants the best advantage, water them between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. and give them the rest of the day to dry out.

8. Over-fertilization during or prior to a drought will not help to protect your plants. While fertilizing lightly will stimulate feeder root growth, excessive fertilization will also increase the plant´s need for water, leading to drought stress if sufficient water isn´t available.

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