The care given to a lawn during a drought should reflect an understanding of one basic fact. The blades’ lack of development does not signal a loss of the capacity to live.

Actions that reflect an understanding of that fact:

Limiting the extent to which each blade’s length gets reduced, during a mowing of the lawn. No blade should be shorter than 3 to 4 inches. The blade’s length reflects it ability to pull water from deep in the soil. At the same time, it functions as a way to increase the lawn’s ability to retain each blades’ level of moisture.

Furthermore, the blades work to shade the soil under the lawn. Cooler soil experiences less of a water loss, when compared to the amount of water loss that has been measured in warmer ground.

Adoption of an ideal watering routine: Tree service in San Jose recommends that deep and infrequent watering is best. Arrange for the watering to take place between 3am and 6 am. That approach reduces the amount of evaporation, once the sun has risen in the sky. Watered lawns do not turn from brown to green overnight. Still, if brown grass has been cared for properly, it should turn green, once conditions improve.

How to preserve the amount of moisture in the ground?

Invest in some coir wattles. These filters and hold sediment from watery runoff streams. Each such coir wattle provides a homeowner with a safer alternative to utilization of an erosion control blanket. Consider buying one of the bioengineering products that are now on the market. The Bio-D roll and the Bio-D Super Log are excellent examples of such products.

Implement utilization of other watering devices and methods: For instance, make a point of using soaker hoses. The hose’s porous tubing releases the flowing contents slowly, over a given period of time.

Arrange for introduction of a drip irrigation system. That directs the system’s watery contents to the roots of the watered plants and grasses. That drip system proves most effective, when it has been operated manually.

Collect runoff from the downspout by using a rain barrel. Take the barrel’s contents and use it to refresh the dried grass. This technique limits the amount of erosion that might be caused by a heavy flow from the gutter system’s downspout.

Remove the leaves and other debris from the gutters. This prevents creation of an overflow. That overflow could allow creation of a type of heavy flow.

Such a development is the sort of thing that a homeowner wants to avoid. A rain barrel’s value becomes diminished, if some of a homeowner’s time and effort has not been devoted to keeping the gutter system as free of debris as possible.