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Don't Over Water Your Plants. Water is important for all plants, but your plants don't always need you to provide them with that water. While your indoor plants need watering regularly, your outdoor plants only need watering when they are newly planted. Over watering your plants will prevent them from growing a strong root system and becoming strong enough to survive in the long run.

Drought-Resistant Plants. Plants that require frequent watering not only put a strain on local water resources, they are high maintenance. Choose drought-resistant plants that require very little care and have low-water needs.

Vegetable Garden Irrigation. A variety of methods can be used to irrigate your vegetable garden, ranging from very simple to complex. The easiest solution is to hand water the plants with a garden hose or a watering bucket. More complex systems use sprinklers, and the most complex systems use drip irrigation. What you use depends on the size of your garden and the amount you are willing to spend on the system.

Watering Your Lawn. How often you should water your lawn really depends upon many factors such as what type of soil you have, what growing zone you live in, the type of grass you have, how much sun your lawn receives daily, and what time of year it is. Talk with a qualified grass specialist at your local nursery to discuss watering your lawn, and always remember that the point to watering your lawn is to water deeply, with less of a focus on frequency.