This too little/too much dance has led many gardeners — vegetable growers, in particular — to planting in raised beds, where ...

I do not like drip systems, especially those placed underneath landscape fabric or a layer of mulch. You can’t see what is happening and you will lose plants before you discover you have a problem. I ...

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), ...

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 about 4 feet in diameter, I roughly ...

Have you ever stared at your tiny garden on a blazing summer day, secretly wishing the plants could water themselves while ...

If you garden in raised beds, there is no improvement that will save you time and enhance results better than drip irrigation. The time spent installing a drip irrigation system will be returned many ...

Discover how Mark from Self Sufficient Me uses a solar-powered automatic watering system to effortlessly maintain his ...

I recently wrote here about my drip irrigation lines getting chewed up by urban wildlife. I’ve seen squirrels, skunks, raccoons, and opossums in my backyard over the years, but learned that coyotes ...