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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brittany Peterson

Here's how to grow your own food with less water, even in a drought

Climate Choices Watering Gardens - (Copyright 2026. The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A few raindrops fell as Heather Grady gingerly transplanted beet seedlings into the earth, but the sky refused to release enough moisture to ease her worries about a dry winter that's left reservoirs low.

With most of Colorado in drought, Grady and her husband Terrance began discussing how they could conserve more water in their backyard vegetable garden.

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