by 505 Outside | Jun 5, 2025 | Blog, Summer, Tree Care, Watering and Irrigation, Watering Recommendations, Waterwise Tips
Folks, it’s a hot, dry summer here in central New Mexico. No surprise, you say — we live in a desert. Even for our location, though, it’s hot and dry. This creates a little conundrum for us: keeping our landscape plants growing while using water efficiently. Tree and...
by 505 Outside | Jan 3, 2024 | Blog, Landscape Tips, Maintenance Tips, Planting Tips, Watering Recommendations, Waterwise Tips
In celebration of five years of bringing you 505Outside, we’d like to share our most popular articles from the website. 505Outside is your resource for beautiful, desert friendly landscapes. Desert friendly landscapes are resilient, sustainable, enjoyable and...
by 505 Outside | Nov 1, 2023 | Blog, Landscape Tips, Maintenance Tips, Planting, Planting Tips, Watering Recommendations
Albuquerque has a variety of soil types. Learning what type of soil is in your yard is a critical step to understanding how water will infiltrate the soil and how long specific plants need to be watered to get the water to the correct depth. VALLEY SOILS Valley soils...
by 505 Outside | Nov 1, 2023 | Blog, Design, Landscape Tips, Planting Tips, Pollinators and Wildlife, Watering Recommendations, Waterwise Tips, Xeriscape
A lot goes into designing a landscape; hence, there’s an entire profession called landscape architecture devoted to designing outdoor spaces. We won’t be able to make you a landscape architect today, but we’re sharing a unique landscape plan designed by New Mexico...
by 505 Outside | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Design, Landscape Tips, Watering Recommendations, Waterwise Tips, Xeriscape
As homeowners around the Greater Albuquerque area are converting their high-water use turfgrass areas to desert-friendly xeriscapes, many are choosing to use wood chip mulch instead of gravel, which can be hot, expensive and also very good at cultivating weeds. Gravel...
by 505 Outside | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Planting, Water Conservation, Watering and Irrigation, Watering Recommendations
Regardless of how you water, you will want to create a berm, or raised “dam,” on the downside when planting on a slope. This berm captures any rainfall coming down the slope, detaining it long enough to soak in, and also holds water that comes from irrigation or...
