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# 3 Stop Overwatering Your Lawn
Lawns are a bit picky about their drinking schedule. Rather
than daily soaks, they prefer deep, infrequent watering,
which promotes deeper root growth. In general, lawns
need about 1 inch of water per week. In a well-watered
lawn, you can stick a screwdriver 6 to 8 inches into the dirt
without resistance.
# 4 Stop Putting
Bricks in the Toilet
Summer may be water-
conscientiousness season, but
putting a brick in your toilet is
the wrong means to that well-
meaning end. Brick crumbles
when exposed to water for too
long. Instead, switch to a high-
efficiency toilet. At $100-$300 per
toilet, the $230 annual water
savings is worth it. Or just swap
your brick with a half-gallon milk
jug filled with sand.
