The document discusses various challenges for landscaping like temperature extremes, wind, drought, and poor soil. It presents solutions like windbreaks, xeriscaping, soil amendment, and native plants to conserve water. Xeriscaping is defined as planting strategies that use drought-resistant native plants and limit watering needs through practices like drip irrigation. Using native plants that tolerate local temperature and moisture conditions requires little watering once established and helps prevent erosion.

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CHALLENGES
Hot temperatures
 Cold temperatures
 Shorter growing season
 Drying winds
 Deluge/drought
 Poor soil
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SOLUTIONS
Windbreaks
 Xeriscaping
 Soil amendment
 Native plants
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WINDBREAKS
Structures


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Fences
 Walls
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WINDBREAKS
Plants
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
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Tree lines
 Hedges
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6. April 18, 2010
WATER CYCLE
Clouds
 Condensation and Precipitation
 Runoff and Percolation
 Evaporation
 Transpiration
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Clouds
Evaporation
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Transpiration
Condensation
& Precipitation
Runoff &
Percolation
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WATER CONSUMPTION
250
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200
150
100
50
Average
Conservative
0
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9. 
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XERISCAPING
Planting strategies that conserve water
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10. 
No additional watering
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XERISCAPING
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11. 
Drip irrigation
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XERISCAPING
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12. 
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Eastern Washington loses more than
10 tons of soil per acre per year
to rainfall runoff
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SOIL AMENDMENT
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13. Water-Saving Landscaping
Tolerate temperature range
 Tolerate drought
 Prevent erosion
 Support natural ecosystem
 Attract pollinators
 Need little or no maintenance
 Sustainable
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NATIVE PLANTS
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14. April 18, 2010
TEMPERATURE RANGE
Seasonal Temperatures
Spring
Summer
Fall
Minimum
18
41
73
43
Average
29
57
89
54
Maximum
40
72
105
65
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Winter
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TEMPERATURE RANGE
120
80
Winter
Spring
Summer
Columna1
60
40
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100
20
0
15
Minimum
Average
Maximum

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NATIVE PLANTS
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Photos courtesy of Rugged Country Plants
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