There is plenty of wisdom in ancient gardening methods, from the three sisters to crop rotation. One such technique is using a terracotta watering device known as an olla. Michael ...

Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a farming community in arid ...

A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern ...

Farmers have relied on these irrigation ditches for generations. Now, climate change threatens to turn them into relics of the past. Albuquerque’s South Valley is surrounded by brown desert and ...

Santiago Maestas has grown apples, peaches, and apricots on his New Mexico property for more than five decades. He still cherishes the network of ancient gravity-fed irrigation ditches that deliver ...

The Yongding River ancient canal irrigation project in Mentougou district, Beijing, is believed to have been built in the Liao Dynasty (916-1125). [Photo provided to China Daily] Construction of the ...

Mesa’s plans to sell park property to the developers of the Waveyard resort hit a snag this week, when city officials disclosed that an ancient system of irrigation canals built by the Hohokams likely ...