Garden maintenance in arid areas
In order to maintain a garden in an arid area and get a harvest of fruits and berries annually, several rules must be followed:
- In a garden located in an arid area, you need to plant a lawn. Thus, the grass will collect the morning dew, which evaporates and humidifies the air.
- All paved surfaces should be watered regularly. The water will cool the stones and tiles while humidifying the air.
- There should be a large number of containers with water on the site. The reservoirs can be used for watering fruit trees. In addition, such containers will also humidify the air in your garden.
Observing these rules, you will significantly improve the microclimate in your area and will be able to plant moisture-loving plants in an arid climate without arranging a drip irrigation system. In order to make the microclimate on the site subtropical, you need to use landscape tricks.
Combination of lawn and fruit tree planting
To increase the effect of dew evaporation, it is necessary to combine planting fruit trees and lawn... To do this, several planting holes are dug in the lawn and seedlings of fruit trees are planted in them.
When these seedlings grow into full-grown trees, they will cast a shadow on the lawn. Therefore, the dew will not evaporate for a long time. This will keep the garden cool even at noon when the sun is at its zenith.
In addition, the lawn softens the impact of the fruit falling to the ground, so the harvest time for plums, pears or apples can be extended until the fruit begins to fall from the trees.
Do not use parterre seeds when combining.
Trees will take up nutrients from the soil, so you won't get an emerald carpet. At the same time, you will spend a large amount of money on the purchase of parterre lawn seeds.
Use versatile lawn seeds when combining your garden. Such a lawn is hardy and does not require a lot of funds for the arrangement.
Pond in the garden
If the area of the site allows, it is necessary to equip a small pond in the garden. The reservoir, as well as the lawn, will humidify the air in the garden. It can be used to plant aquatic plants such as higher algae or lilies.
In order to divide the garden into zones, climbing plants and ornamental trees are used. Blue spruces or cedars are ideal.