Plant vegetables and flowers together. You could plant vegetables in some flower beds and borders. The watering schedule for the food crops will be adequate for the perennial shrubs. Red cabbage, rhubarb, chard, leaf lettuce, and compact tomatoes are decorative as well as useful plants. Container planting of vegetables will use more water than in-ground gardening.
Containers dry much faster than garden beds and rows.
Some people have advocated using bath water on plants. Present health regulations, however, prohibit use of water containing soaps or detergents. Check with your health department before you use any waste water. Some areas have regulations prohibiting surface application of waste water. If you want to print this publication, we recommend downloading the PDF version.