Preparing to leave your home can be a bit intense. From the essential kitchen sink precaution you should take before going on vacation to basic cleaning and packing, there is a lot to do. If you are a ...

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 ...

Finding adequate time amidst busy schedules for watering an outdoor garden can be difficult. When I was growing up, this task was part of the chore rotation for my brothers and me. I secretly always ...

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 ...

On farms in some drought-stricken areas, some farmers now use drones to fly over fields so they can better see exactly when to water crops. But a technology called GrowStream is even more precise: The ...

Question: When I replaced my lawn with low-water-use plants a year ago, I had a drip irrigation system installed with a controller for four different zones. Is there any maintenance I should do before ...

And while hot weather is excellent for sun-loving plants like tomatoes and sunflowers, it can quickly dry out plants growing in containers, rather than in garden beds. Avoid a droopy fate for your ...

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - We have now entered that dreaded period for gardeners across North Texas: when the summer turns hot and dry. North Texas weather is perfectly happy to go weeks at a time ...

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) ...

Three principles are important when watering trees, shrubs, fruit trees and any other landscape plants: Apply water at the right time, apply it over a large area and apply it to the right depth. The ...