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Getting Ready for Spring

Aeration and Compost

Survey Your Sprinkler System

Space-Challenged Landscape? Contain Yourself!

The Small Garden

Bring the Inside Out

Fun with Flagstone: Give Your Landscape Direction

Elevate Your Landscape: Add Raised Garden Beds

Feeding Our Feathered Friends

Seize the Rain!

How to Beat the Big Freeze

To Prune or Not to Prune

Winter Seasonal Questions

Off-season Tips for a Beautiful 2012

As the extreme drought conditions continue through the winter season – and possibly into next spring and summer – it's wise to keep planting to a minimum and conserve as much water as possible. That said, there are still plenty of other fun projects within the landscape to help satisfy your gardening fever. Peruse these past WaterSaver Newsletter issues and allow them to inspire the creative and water-wise gardener in you.

Getting Ready for Spring Garden activities that will help get your landscape in gear. Aeration and Compost Improve the overall health of your soil. Survey Your Sprinkler System Check for leaks, proper zone coverage and overspray. Space-Challenged Landscape? Contain Yourself! Container gardens are great alternatives for small spaces. The Small Garden How to make the most of small square footage. Bring the Inside Out How to create and personalize an outdoor living space. Fun with Flagstone: Give Your Landscape Direction A step-by-step guide to creating a flagstone walkway. Elevate Your Landscape: Add Raised Garden Beds Ideas to give your yard dimension. Feeding Our Feathered Friends Bring the birds into easy viewing range. Seize the Rain! Put rainwater you collect to good use.

Love a Larva If you love butterflies, love their larvae, too. Go organic so you don't kill your caterpillars with pesticides — female butterflies seek out larvae food to lay their eggs on. Include host plants in your landscape, but don't get attached as they are meant to be eaten by the voracious caterpillars on their journey to becoming a butterfly. Favorite plants include dill and anything in the milkweed family.