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Dear Reader: This site contains more than one thousand answers to garden questions on a wide range of subjects common to Mediterranean climates. Among them, we hope you find the answer to your question.  Please take this opportunity to share your experiences,...

Growing Citrus Trees on Drip

Question from Michelle: I have a garden that was planted around February which includes dwarf lime, lemon and mandarine. The irrigation is all drip and our watering schedule is for 8 minutes twice a week. I think I’m overwatering the citrus as...

Reclaimed water for gardening

Question from Karen: I’m having a reverse osmosis filtration system installed in my kitchen. To produce it 3 gallons are needed to produce 1 gallon of filtered water. Ideally I’d like to recycle and reuse the excess water. Do you know...