Look at this sentence again: "....and with a little know-how, you can water your lawn more smarter this year." Hmmm......

Consider this: ".....you can water your lawn more efficiently......"

or

".....you can better water your lawn."

I appreciate the tips and will look into them.

John_T

I already water my lawn more betterer.

ceviche

Let the rain do it? And save the drinking water for drinking?

Honus

@Honus: Glad to see someone else still drinks from the water hose

Spaztrick

I've heard that a lawn can really only "tolerate" about 8 minutes of watering anyway (at least, here in Salt Lake), so anything after that is just a waste.
If you're in line with Honus, you could try Xeriscaping instead.

redbeardjim

Lawns are so yesterday! Bring back the bloody life instead of these exotic monocultures that provide a conduit for poring more poison onto our earth.

philosopher_dog

I can write more smarter too.

Gilbert

I don't water my lawn at all. The only water it gets is rain.
If it dies, big deal. I'll throw down some seed.

WV.Hillbilly

Spring certainly "ain't" upon us here and won't be for 6 months.

Bloody Northerners!
;-)

pobox90210

Let me ask you something: why Americans don't drink tap water? Oh they do. Let me remind you that 86% of bottled water is actually tap water and it is probably less healthy then your own.

For the grass - rain will do.

majaron

@majaron: By the requirements of the FDA, bottled more must meet or exceed the standards of municipal water. I don't drink tap water because I have a well, and my water is combination of iron, sulfur, carbon, etc.... which tastes and smells horrible.

Git Em SteveDave

@Git Em SteveDave:
Not quite. In many cases the FDA's regulations on water aren't as strict as the EPA's on municipal supply.
[www.emagazine.com]

Pete Venkman

Tap water is good for you. I didn't used to drink it growing up because my mom was paranoid and would always buy bottled water, but now that I have to pay for these things myself, there's really no sense in drinking bottled water, so long as you live in a new-ish building with clean pipes.

Eric1285

The most important tips to growing grass:

1. Let grow to 3" and cut 1" off (no shorter and longer is better!).

2. In dry spells or droughts don't cut it all or if you must cut at least raise the deck up to it's highest setting.

Moisture will condense on each blade of grass and will "self water" so the longer the blade (within reason) the more water the blade will collect and the more shade it will provide.

The above works!

alumley

@majaron: To address your two points:

I drink tap water all the time. Many people do. Thanks for making an assumption for no reason.

Secondly, I agree that rain is great for watering your lawn. Could you make it rain more? It really hasn't rained a lot in the past couple of months and didn't rain a lot last summer either.

edosan

I'm with @philosopher_dog, down with monoculture! Convert your turf grass lawn to native plants--they are adapted to your ecoregion, don't require watering, and provide food and habitat to wildlife. Learn how.

dontodd

As for drinking water, buy a Brita filter for your sink, or a Brita pitcher. Don't buy bottled water; it's more expensive than gasoline per volume unit.

I hardly ever water my lawn. In mid-summer it does really get scorched by the mid-afternoon sun, but oh well. I do, however, water my plants/flowers when they need it.

heavylee-again

@Pete Venkman: If you really read the link you cite, there is a liberal use of words like "probably" and "may". Also, the NRDC, which is an environmental group, is the main source in the story.

[goodeatsfanpage.com]

to quote from section 14
"AGENT #1: Bottled water falls under the watchful eye of the Food and Drug Administration, which is required to uphold the standards set for tap water by the Environmental Protection Agency. Although state governments may adopt higher standards, although there have been no incidents of food-borne illness attributed to bottled water, there is no reason to assume that it is safer than what is supplied by your municipality.

Git Em SteveDave

@heavylee-again:

Good news, I think that gas has caught up with the price of water..

Oh, that's not really good news, is it...

bobm