- Use plants native to your area
- Water plants once a week if there is minimal rainfall
- Water plants in the early morning or late evening
- Collect rainfall for irrigation in screened container
And the questions I created in response to these were (respectively):
- What is the origin of the plants you have planted (if any)?
- How often do you irrigate your plants?
- When do you irrigate your plants?
- What kind of water do you use to irrigate your plants?
Let's start with the origin of the plants. I gave five possible answers: plants native to Massachusetts, plants native to the United States, plants native to foreign countries, a combination of above types, and unknown origin. The results were split between all the answers, with the exception of plants native to foreign countries, which never appeared on its own. This question's plurality was actually a tie between unknown origin and plants native to the United States. For the latter, and the fact that foreign plants never appeared on its own, is a good sign. By using United States plants, they'd be using less water than if they planted foreign plants. Although, partial credit only-- native Massachusetts plants would've been best, but only two people used them.
It's a similar story when it comes to the amount of irrigation per week. The recommended amount-- once per week-- was tied with once per day at second to last place. Out of the fifteen people who responded, only three responded with once per week. I don't blame the gardeners though-- some plants may require more water than others. Just compared with the recommendation, however, the results are lackluster.
The results were great with the irrigation time! The majority of answers for this question complied with the recommendation I found. 73.3% of responses were either early morning or evening, perfectly in line with the recommendation. When I talked to one of the respondents, they supported their selection by saying that water evaporates when not in one of those two times. It was great to see that at least this gardener had good information.
Finally, type of irrigation water. This was the one constant in the whole survey. Throughout the fifteen responses, it barely moved at all. As it stands now, and has it always did, the majority answer was tap water. The only other answer to appear was combination of above types. So none of the respondents use filtered water, collected rainwater, uncollected rainwater or something entirely different. While rainwater could've certainly been referred to in the combination answers, it still doesn't change the fact that it was only included in 20% of the responses. Another disappointment in comparison to the recommendation.
It was great to see how people gardened! This survey included both casual gardeners and practical small-time farmers, so it was quite diverse as well. I'm slightly disappointed that most of the respondents didn't live up to the recommendations I found, seeing as the majority (80%) claimed to have water conservation in mind while landscaping. But I don't blame that on them.
I wonder, if given the materials and information, would they follow the recommendations I found? Are their answers personal preferences or simple guesses? Well, that's out of the reach of this survey.
It's a similar story when it comes to the amount of irrigation per week. The recommended amount-- once per week-- was tied with once per day at second to last place. Out of the fifteen people who responded, only three responded with once per week. I don't blame the gardeners though-- some plants may require more water than others. Just compared with the recommendation, however, the results are lackluster.
The results were great with the irrigation time! The majority of answers for this question complied with the recommendation I found. 73.3% of responses were either early morning or evening, perfectly in line with the recommendation. When I talked to one of the respondents, they supported their selection by saying that water evaporates when not in one of those two times. It was great to see that at least this gardener had good information.
Finally, type of irrigation water. This was the one constant in the whole survey. Throughout the fifteen responses, it barely moved at all. As it stands now, and has it always did, the majority answer was tap water. The only other answer to appear was combination of above types. So none of the respondents use filtered water, collected rainwater, uncollected rainwater or something entirely different. While rainwater could've certainly been referred to in the combination answers, it still doesn't change the fact that it was only included in 20% of the responses. Another disappointment in comparison to the recommendation.
It was great to see how people gardened! This survey included both casual gardeners and practical small-time farmers, so it was quite diverse as well. I'm slightly disappointed that most of the respondents didn't live up to the recommendations I found, seeing as the majority (80%) claimed to have water conservation in mind while landscaping. But I don't blame that on them.
I wonder, if given the materials and information, would they follow the recommendations I found? Are their answers personal preferences or simple guesses? Well, that's out of the reach of this survey.
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