by 505 Outside | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized
If you have a meter equipped with AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) as shown in the photo above, you can log into your Water Authority account and see your hour-by-hour usage. This may help you locate any issues in your house or yard, such as a continuous water...
by 505 Outside | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog, Edibles
Growing winter veggies is a fun and valuable effort more people should experiment with in our area. In many ways, winter gardening is a lot easier than trying to garden in the summer — there are fewer pests, cooler temperatures require less watering and common winter...
by 505 Outside | Jul 30, 2025 | Grasses, Ornamental Grasses
Type: Deciduous Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Low Mature Size: 2’ x 2’ Alkali sacaton is an extremely drought tolerant warm season grass that adapts to most soils in our area, growing in sun or shade. It grows up to 2’ high and wide in tough clumps, putting out grey...
by 505 Outside | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog
If you have heard of Bermuda grass or live in one of the older areas of Albuquerque, just the name might make you flinch or grimace. The reason it gets a bad rap is because it is dormant in winter, it spreads like crazy into garden beds and can magically appear out of...
by 505 Outside | Jun 30, 2025 | Flowering Plants
Type: Deciduous Exposure: Sun/Shade Water Use: Medium Mature Size: 18” x 18” Dainty sky-blue blossoms appear daily on the top of tall wispy stems between the months of April and September. Blue flax is a short-lived perennial that reseeds itself in a sunny garden bed...
