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Some blame it on El Nino, others on La Nina. No matter what the reason, a lot of the states inside our Union will likely have the driest summer on record.

The National Weather Service is predicting record high temperatures and drought conditions will prevail across aspects of the Midwest, the Southwest, the Mid-Atlantic along with the South. With conditions so dry, it s necessary for everyone to apply good water management practices.

Among the items the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends we all do:

Water plants through the coolest area of the day at the start of the morning or perhaps the late afternoon. Watering throughout the heat for the day can cause plants to burn and is particularly highly inefficient as up to 90 percent from the water could be lost through evaporation.

Water the lawn only once needed. If grass springs back after walking on it, it doesn t need watering.

Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden and not the sidewalk and streets.

Use micro sprinklers and drip irrigation systems (which mimic rainfall) instead of hand watering in gardens and flowerbeds. They can reduce water use by 20 to 50 percent.

Drip irrigation are few things a novice to Susie Thayer, a professional in landscape irrigation from Dundee, Fla. It has been the key technique of irrigation at her family s citrus groves and nursery for decades.

Realizing it would even be a good choice for ornamental nurseries, commercial landscapers as well as landscapers, the Thayers began manufacturing this process for other commercial growers in 1980 within the Maxijet brand. In 1991, it became open to consumers under the Mister Landscaper name.

There are currently two Mister Landscaper kits available. The Micro Sprinkler Starter Kit is for flower and vegetable gardens and areas where trees and shrubs grow. It comes with a 50 foot roll of 1/2 inch poly tubing and the accessories required to mist as much as a 250 square feet of growing space. The Patio Watering kit includes every one of the hose and accessories you'll want to water approximately eight flowers.

Both systems are easy to install and require little maintenance. Thayer indicates that after you place up the system and connect it for a water faucet or existing irrigation system, you can cover it with mulch or leave it exposed because it's made with UV inhibited resins that last years in cold northern climates along with hot southern states.

In addition to directing water in which it s needed, Thayer recommends additionally you mulch around shrubs and garden plants. Mycorrhizae will reduce evaporation and eliminate weeds, she says.