Too Much Water, Too Little: Rainwater Harvesting for Any Yard | Brad Lancaster [LIVE WEBINAR]

Too much water or too little -- most of us are fighting one or the other. Floods and runoff in spring, bone-dry soil by August. Sometimes both in the same yard. In this webinar, Brad Lancaster of HarvestingRainwater.com shows you that the fix for both is the same: harvest the rain where it falls. In Tucson's Sonoran Desert, where just 11 inches of rain falls a year, Brad and his brother's family harvest roughly 100,000 gallons of rainwater annually on an eighth-acre urban lot with no municipal water hookup. That water becomes food-bearing shade trees, gardens, and wildlife habitat on what was once bare ground. Brad walks through his eight universal principles of water harvesting and the simple, low-cost strategies behind them: → Rainwater harvesting captures rain where it falls, through rain gardens, earthworks, and passive techniques that need no pumps or tanks. → Greywater harvesting redirects water from household drains into the soil, where plants filter and reuse it. The same approach that gets a desert through drought is what keeps a soggy yard from flooding -- slow the water down, spread it out, and sink it into the ground instead of rushing it off to a storm drain. You'll see real examples of how these techniques cool cities, control erosion, prevent flooding, reduce water pollution, and bring dead waterways back to life. Whether you're gardening through drought or watching the rain run off your roof and down the gutter, this one's for you. Live Q&A to follow. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (Coming after the livestream -- check back for chapter markers) 🌿 ABOUT LESS LAWN MORE LIFE Less Lawn More Life is a free 12-week challenge guiding you to replace lawn with native plants, build wildlife habitat, and restore nature in your own yard. Join 25,000+ people across all 50 states: http://lesslawnmorelife.com/ Powered by Wildr Places -- get personalized native plant recommendations for your ecoregion and track your impact: https://www.joinwildr.com/ 🔔 Subscribe for more webinars on native plants, water, and bringing your yard back to life. #RainwaterHarvesting #DroughtGardening #StormwaterManagement #RainGarden #FloodPrevention #GreywaterHarvesting #WaterHarvesting #NativePlants #LessLawnMoreLife #SustainableLandscaping