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Watertight Plants - A Gripping Story of Survival drought response water-efficient strategies Mar 20, 2026

By Lori Palmquist

Plants are astonishing! Even in their highly vulnerable state of immobility, they are capable of developing defenses to outside forces that threaten them. Around 500 million years ago, land plants first appeared and were small and moss-like, lacking true roots and stems. They requ...

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Please Touch that Dial! drought response irrigation scheduling monthly adjustments water waste Aug 05, 2021

 

Guide for Monthly Irrigation Schedule Adjustment

Reprinted from an article I wrote for the Contra Costa County UC Master Gardener newsletter in June 2021.

by Lori Palmquist

Since we are officially in drought again (August 2021), and the water companies are asking us to cut back, I have some su...

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