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Low-maintenance solutions for intermountain regions

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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
    • Fences
    • Walls

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Windbreaks

  • Plants
    • Tree lines
    • Hedges

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Water Cycle

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Clouds

Condensation�and�Precipitation

Runoff�and�Percolation

Evaporation�and�Transpiration

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Water Consumption

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Xeriscaping

  • Planting strategies that conserve water
  • No additional watering
  • Drip irrigation

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Soil Amendment

  • Eastern Washington loses more than �10 tons of soil per acre per year �to rainfall runoff

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Source: Atlas of U.S. Environmental Issues, Mason & Mason, 1990

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Native Plants

  • Tolerate temperature range
  • Tolerate drought
  • Prevent erosion
  • Support natural ecosystem
  • Attract pollinators
  • Need little or no maintenance
  • Sustainable

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Temperature by Season

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Seasonal Temperatures

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Winter❄

Spring

Summer✹

Fall

Minimum

18

41

73

43

Average

29

57

89

54

Maximum

40

72

105

65

 

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Temperature by Month

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