watering
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A pre-El Niño reminder: Turn off your automatic watering during rainy periods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Perrin then assembled a makeshift watering squad—one person to drive the tractor and four others to trail with hoses—at a cost of about €1,500, or $1,750, a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Black-and-white news footage shows volunteer firefighters swatting flames with tree branches and dousing flare-ups with flower-pot watering cans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Later in the evening, at nearby watering hole Bluffs, regulars gathered to toast Dolly, sing karaoke versions of her songs and reminisce about their local legend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the summer, when Mom stopped working, caring, Dad went into a frenzy over the flowers, brimming with energy I’d never seen in him, watering and weeding and watering some more.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
He put his fruit's gigantic size down to extra care and 12 waterings a day.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
Herbs will not grow well in wet conditions, so allow the soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2023
Let the potting mix dry on the surface between waterings, and check that pot drainage is good.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
Because they are drought-tolerant, let them dry out between waterings.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2021
Annie, the fir tree, that the Nolans had cherished with waterings and manurings, had long since sickened and died.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
