by 505 Outside | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog, Home Page, Landscape Tips, Maintenance Tips, Waterwise Tips
Do you want to learn how to harvest rainwater to support a beautiful, regionally adapted, low -water-use landscape in your yard? A new video series launched in June provides instruction on how to design, install, and maintain residential-scale, passive rainwater...
by 505 Outside | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog, Home Page, Planting Tips, Uncategorized
Fall can be a great time to plant, especially if you are planting higher elevation and temperate climate plants that are adapted to cooler, more humid growing conditions. In the fall, the soil is still warm enough to encourage roots to develop so watering properly...
by 505 Outside | Sep 1, 2021 | Evergreen Shrubs, Home Page, Shrubs, Uncategorized
Exposure: Full Sun Water: Low Height and Spread: H 3′ X W 4′ Blooming Season: Fall Description: This evergreen shrub is a win-win in our high desert gardens. It has a lovely dark green color year-round, and in the fall, it has...
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2021 | Evergreen Shrubs, Shrubs
Exposure: Full Sun Water: Low Height and Spread: 4′ x 4′ Blooming Season: Late Summer and Fall Description: This blue-green evergreen shrub likes western and southern exposures. Its predictable shape and form works well as an...
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog, Watering Recommendations
Did you know that half of Albuquerque homeowners do not have an irrigation system? We’ve been talking to hundreds of homeowners, and it turns out that the reason they haven’t installed one in their yard is they think an irrigation system for a typical lot (1/8 acre or...
