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biophysicalresonance · 9 months

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Landscape - Concrete Pavers This is an illustration of a sizable, drought-tolerant, full-sun hillside concrete paver landscaping from the mid-century modern era.

#aeonium sunburst #drought tolerant plants #landscape #variegated succulents #plants for drought

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chordati · 11 months

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San Francisco Driveway Photo of a contemporary partial sun front yard concrete paver driveway in winter.

#colorful plant ideas for drought #plants for drought #boulders #low water plants #orange sedge #new zealand flax

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jjaybles · 1 year

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Concrete Pavers Landscape (San Francisco)

#An example of a huge contemporary full sun backyard concrete paver landscaping in summer. plants for harsh weather #modern landscape #lagoon-side garden #low water plants #plants groupings for marin #plants for drought

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bloodstainedlovers · 1 year

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Mediterranean Landscape (San Francisco)

#An example of a large mediterranean drought-tolerant and partial sun front yard stone garden path in fall. plantings for drought #plant conbinations #plant ideas for marin #plants for drought #san francisco landscape designer

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charminglyantiquated · 10 months

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I made my mom a little schooner for her garden to use as a sweet pea trellis :)

#last year all the plants died in the drought #but this year! this year!

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jillraggett · 8 months

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Plant of the Day

Tuesday 12 September 2023

This garden dry stone wall hosts a number of Sedum species including the grey foliaged Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco' (spoon-leaved stonecrop). The fleshy rosettes are silver-grey in winter becoming blue-grey in summer, overlaid with a white bloom which intensifies with drought.

Jill Raggett

#sedum #spoon-leaved stonecrop #stonecrop #dry stone wall #plants #succulent #drought tolerant #horticulture #gardens #garden #Shelia Fleet #orkney #greyfoliage

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ramblebrambleamble · 3 months

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And all my prayers of summers past

Rain-rained down on the green-green grass;

There were slips up north and there were floods down south

And the bridge washed out at the river mouth,

But the rooftop drummer sang me to sleep

And there were times I wished that things would keep

Forever always cool and grey-

(I was not ready to brave the light of day.)

#poetry #poem #my writing #writing #spilled words #ramblebrambleamble #poeticstories #rain #spilled ink #spilled poetry #had like ten years of droughted summers and then the rain just Didn't Stop #it was great for working in the greenhouse #not so for basically anything else including the plants within the greenhouse

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mothiidae · 4 days

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these three make me so unwell, they are destined for failure :(

I actually put a little thought into each of the flowers and i believe they represent their respective person very well ^x^ the website link for anyone interested!

Tsurugi:

monkey orchid - evil, death, power, absolute authority

snapdragon - grace, benevolence, strength, protection, indifference, deception, denial

Rei:

rock rose - endurance, strength, determination

forget me not - hope, remembrance, true and undying love, funerals, death

gladiolus - strength, strong character, honor, moral integrity, remembrance, sadness, faithfulness, death

Teryua:

chrysanthemum - fidelity, friendship, modesty, loyalty, sadness, devotion, cheerfulness, longevity, good spirits, happiness, joy, beauty, death

#og post #the website also had a little note about rock roses in particular #'These drought tolerant and hardy plants will always survive'#haha..ha......ha.......#that sentence fits rei so well it makes me so sad :(#i am of the opinion that tsurugi would die sometime after the events of sdra2 leaving rei the sole dra survivor #name a group of survivors from a killing game with a worse outcome i'll wait #*rips my skin off* THEESE THREEEEE #they make me so emo #dra #sdra2 #tsurugi kinjo #rei mekaru #teruya otori #danganronpa another #dra spoilers #sdra2 spoilers

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oliviarosaline · 1 month

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Missouri Coneflower

Rudbeckia missouriensis

This species is endemic to the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas, where it usually grows in limestone and dolomite glades. There's also a few scattered populations in Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Louisiana. It thrives in full sun and dry, well-drained soil.

Sept. 27th, 2023

De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

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wiirocku · 9 months

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Jeremiah 17:8 (NLT) - They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.

#Jeremiah 17:8 #like #planted #roots #leaves #stay #green #producing #fruit #heat #drought

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urbansoulfarmer · 7 months

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Plenty of olives on our tree! I think I will try a new recipe.

#urbansoulfarmer #olives #olive tree #drought tolerant plants

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reasonsforhope · 1 year

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Pictured: Visitors, shown as black silhouettes, take in the free water show at the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Fountains still shimmer opulently at casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, but lush carpets of grass are gradually disappearing along the streets of Sin City.

Despite its reputation for excess, the Mojave Desert metropolis has been factoring climate change into its water plans for years, declaring war on thirsty lawns, patrolling the streets for water wasters and preparing for worst-case scenarios on the Colorado River, which supplies 90% of the area’s water.

Las Vegas has emerged as a leader in water conservation, and some of its initiatives have spread to other cities and states that rely on the shrinking river. Its drive to get rid of grass in particular could reshape the look of landscapes in public and private spaces throughout the Southwest.

So how did Las Vegas become a water-saving model to emulate? It began with an initial phase of the Colorado River crisis two decades ago.

Lake Mead had been nearly full and lapping at the spillway gates of Hoover Dam in early 2000. Then extreme drought and heavy water use sent the reservoir into a rapid decline.

In 2002, as the reservoir level dropped, the Southern Nevada Water Authority used more than its allocation of Colorado River water. At that point, the agency’s leaders decided to pivot quickly toward conservation.

They focused on promoting cash rebates to help customers rip out lawns and put in landscaping with desert plants.

In 2003, the Las Vegas area’s consumption of Colorado River water shrank more than 16%. Those conservation gains continued as the area’s water suppliers strengthened their rules, targeting grass.

In 2004, frontyard lawns were prohibited for new subdivisions. Golf courses were given water budgets. The water authority adopted seasonal watering restrictions.

Pictured: The suburban community of Mountain’s Edge, which has rock- and shrub-based yards instead of lawns, cuts a square through the barren-looking desert. In 2004, frontyard lawns were prohibited for new subdivisions in the Las Vegas area.

Since 2002, southern Nevada’s use of Colorado River water has decreased about 26%, even as the area’s population has rapidly grown. Per capita water use has dropped 48%.

And Las Vegas is continuing to tighten its restrictions on grass.

The state Legislature in 2021 passed a law that bans watering all decorative “nonfunctional” grass along streets, on medians, at homeowners associations, apartment complexes, businesses and other properties starting in 2027.

“For Las Vegas to be sustainable, it’s imperative,” said Colby Pellegrino, the water authority’s deputy general manager of resources. “That’s the first time we’ve actually said existing turf should no longer be watered.”

Since 2002, homeowners and others in the Las Vegas area have already removed about 205 million square feet of lawn, or more than 4,700 acres. The drip-irrigated plants and trees that replaced the grass require less than one-fourth the amount of water, saving an estimated 11.4 billion gallons per year.

In the next four years, much more grass is about to be ripped out. And newly built homes can no longer have any lawns at all, including in the backyard.

Grass will still be permitted for new parks, schools and cemeteries.

Las Vegas’ eradication of grass offers a view of the sorts of changes that other cities have been starting to adopt and may soon be forced to pursue on a larger scale as the river continues to decline...

Las Vegas is one of many cities along the Colorado River that have made major progress in reducing water use over the last two decades. In a recent study, researcher Brian Richter surveyed 28 urban water utilities and found that total water use in the cities dropped by 18% between 2000 and 2020, even as their combined population grew by 24%...

“Las Vegas has become a water conservation rock star in recent decades,” Richter said. “Their leadership in reducing outdoor water use is of particular importance.”

He said the area’s “cash for grass” program has become a model for cities across the West.

“The fact that they’ve now adopted a goal of further reducing their water use by another 23% by 2035 is truly admirable,” Richter said.”

-via Los Angeles Times, 1/29/23

#las vegas #nevada #colorado river #drought #megadrought #desert #water conservation #artificial turf #landscaping #drought-resistant #united states #good news #hope #desert plants

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moregraceful · 9 months

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suffering through the heat death of the universe (new house has no air conditioning AND two floors AND i can't leave the house right this instant to get coconut water bc the dog finally stopped panicking and fell asleep (on my pillow)(help)), send me asks to ponder tomorrow while i unpack please

#how many 5 minute cold showers in one day is too many cold showers. asking for a me. i know we are in a drought #anyway i moved and it. sucked. moving sucks when you're single with no roommates did you know that #also my monstera is DYING HELLO. YOU GUYS SAID YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF HIM WHILE I MOVED #YOU SAID YOU WOULD PUT HIM IN THE SUNNY CORNER WITH THE OTHER MONSTERA WHY IS HE IN THE MISERY CORNER #mom was like oh so we have katya the monstera (named after the trans woman she belonged to) we can name him kenneth :) no his name is elias #literally all i have left in this world are my monstera my two snake plants and my dog all of which are in various stages of disorder #if elias dies i will die. then you are left with my unkillable snake plants i named after former orioles during the pandemic. and my dog #thinking of getting another snake plant tho. i want a little one. i will name him adley. he will grow up big and strong. hopefully.#anyway send asks...morale is in the gutter. maybe tomorrow i will go apeshit in the safeway and buy a watermelon #fresno oilers.txt

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gaytobymeres · 4 months

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this poster presentation is doing my head in and it's literally like. just get it finished so you can then move on to the other assignment. ive also put in so much effort now its definitely past the point of being worth it but oh well. just need to write the script, time it, check the poster over, record it and then upload it. which sounds like a lot but the script is mostly written. im just terrified ive got some of the information wrong but oh well that's what feedback is for.

#photosynthesis is hard as soon as you move past 'the sun's energy is captured by a plant's leaves and then turned into sugar' or whatever #if i have to read more about osmotic potential im gonna commit. but that's fully on me for choosing to research drought lol.

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tinyurbanwilderness · 11 months

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#be kind to animals #drought #midwest #water is life #certified wildlife habitat #environment #nature #usa native plants #pollinators #native plants #save the bees #homegrown national park #birds #backyard wildlife

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elephantbitterhead · 5 months

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In a move that will surprise no one, I've decided the way to deal with having too much fruit already is to plant a pear tree.

#it has been ~1000yrs since I have eaten a good ripe pear #let's hope that the pear drought has prepared me to eat a whole bunch of them #pears generally take a while to start fruiting #the cultivar I've chosen (Invincible) is a quicker-fruiting one #which means good pears for me in maybe ~5 years?#unclear #at any rate #more fruit at Over Hartside #whoever gets this house after us will be living in an edenic wonderland #I will be haunting the orchard & TORMENTING anyone who fails to tend my plants properly

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