Part of my day job description includes putting together construction documents on how to install drip irrigation. Usually these documents are for huge sites with extensive systems involving thousands ...

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 ...

Plants need water, and people aren’t always around to provide it. I realized this fact when a wildfire engulfed my rural ...

Since the last major drought in the 1970s, drip irrigation has evolved in many ways. There are now many new and improved products that are more effective and easier for the novice to use. Beginners ...

Tackling that confusing, intimidating and frightening maze of pipes running under your lawn and throughout your garden beds doesn’t have to be a nightmare. Contra Costa Master Gardener Steve Griffin ...

We've shown you one way to implement a drip irrigation system, but for a little less money and a bit of ingenuity, you can make a working drip system with your existing spigot hose. There are a lot of ...

With a second year of below-normal rainfall, California is sliding into another drought cycle. Here in the north valley, total rainfall for the current Water Year (October 2020 through March 2021) ...

Dr. Yuval Kay, director of vegetable research at the Ramat HaNegev Research and Development Center in Israel, shows the innovative way strawberries are grown in harsh desert conditions to Washington ...