Blog Critique: Xeriscaping

In an article by The Lonestar State stands alone, xeriscaping is offered as a solution to help decrease the amount of water that is being used in Texas. I agree that this would be a good idea especially since Texas has many droughts and could be using this saved water elsewhere. I think that watering the lawn takes up a lot of water and the article says that “anywhere from 25% to 60% of household water consumption is used for landscaping”, which we should be conserving for other important uses such as drinking water. I have even seen sprinklers running while it is raining outside which just goes to show how wasteful it can be.

I have seen yards in other states, such as Nevada and New Mexico, which use xeriscaping for their yards and I think that it looks good. Some people may be opposed to switching from their lawns, but I think that it looks just as good and doesn’t need the sort of maintenance that grass does. In conclusion, I think that xeriscaping is a good plan and Texas should implement it in order to conserve water.