Jul. 29—Watering is one of the most laborious tasks in the garden, but it is also one of the most important. Simple irrigation systems are an easy way for home gardeners to save time while also ...

If you've got a box of extra PVC pipes and fittings sitting your shed or garage from a previous project, you're halfway to ...

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), ...

Creating a drip irrigation system for a vegetable garden — one that delivers water to the soil around plants’ roots through narrow tubing, instead of spraying it onto leaves — can be a sophisticated ...

In an ideal summer in an ideal world, rain helpfully falls from the sky once a week, 1 inch at a time. (But not when you’re planning to mow the lawn or host a cookout.) Alas, I’ve never experienced ...

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 ...

Calibrating your sprinkler system is easy, and it is a must in order to water your lawn and landscape correctly. Here's how to do it. Obtain five to 10 straight-sided cans. Empty tuna fish or soup ...

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 ...

Kabul, Afghanistan, was a great deal cleaner than the last time I was there. The roads had been swept free of its layer of sand, and piles of trash scattered along the roads had mostly been shoveled ...