Well I got two ways I'm going to try since this is all an experiment. One will be to use those auto waters that you stick in the soil with a two liter bottle, I'll cut the bottle so it will collect rain water. Two, I read a thing on useing kitty litter to retain moisture, need to do some more reading on that first though.
I'm only doing this for my own knowledge, I've seen alot of talk about it but nobody seems to know weather it's worth it. It's still way to early to start any of the work where I am but I'll be sure to keep everybody informed as to how it is going.