Tired of standing next to your planting beds, garden hose in hand? Concerned about getting too much water where you don’t need it and not enough where you do? The solution is simple: install drip ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The gardener who can do a thorough job of watering with hose in hand is rare indeed. Assuming that the hose spews out about 3 gallons per minute in a circle ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Laying out the hoses in my beds as I installed drip last year. The hoses uncoil with the heat of the sun. Credit: Amanda Blum Drip irrigation systems ...

It's no secret that the secret to happy plants and a lush garden is providing sufficient water to your plants. Without water, plants will stagnate leaving you feeling bummed out. But using traditional ...

Your garden and potted plants can really benefit from a drip irrigation system. These systems reduce the time you have to spend watering your plants, can help keep fragile plants properly watered on ...

If you’re not using soaker hoses in your garden, now’s the time to start. It's a highly efficient way to water, so while you may spend a little on a soaker hose and fittings at the onset, you will ...

Last week, we talked about watering your lawn and garden, and mentioned drip irrigation and soaker hoses. Let’s look at them a little more this week. Your typical garden hose is a solid piece of ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Most of this water comes from man-made lakes scattered about our area. With the projected increase of the DFW population to hit 12 million by 2060 (currently 7.8 million), ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A Rancho Park gardener’s recent letter raised the question of whether a ...

RIVERDALE, Calif. — Last year, the federal government gave farmer Dan Errotabere half of the water it had awarded him the previous year to cultivate his 5,200 acres. But he still managed to reap a ...

Sometimes when you write a column, hoping someone out there will actually read it, you hit a nerve. As my email inbox can attest, a recent column about watering trees hit a nerve with a whole lot of ...