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.  Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hfIY5e0axak  Skip to what you want to know:    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: [email protected] Johnson: [email protected] Emily Swihart: [email protected]  Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. --You can find us on most podcast platforms.  iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377   Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing   Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR   Vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/   Listen notes https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/   Ivy https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902   Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us   Google podcasts https://bit.ly/3AiYjTD