If you’ve grown a garden for a while, you may have noticed that the last few years have been brutal due to climate change-related patterns. One month it’s drought and the next it’s flooding. What is ...

Last spring, my mom set up her garden with drip irrigation. Even though she has a sizable yard filled with vegetables, ...

You can set the drippers or emitters on your drip irrigation tape at different intervals based on how far apart your crops are spaced. To try simple trench irrigation, use a hoe to form trenches ...

Watering the garden is important to do regularly if you want your plants to thrive. [Nikodem Bartnik] built a system to handle it for him, keeping his garden on the grow. The system has an Arduino ...

As spring gets into swing, we welcome the return of warm weather, verdant lawns and blooming flowers—but sometimes Mother Nature needs some help and not every homeowner has a green thumb. Thankfully, ...

Spring has sprung, and gardening enthusiasts around the country are rolling up their sleeves, ready to dig in! However, this year, digging in might be more like plugging in, if some of the new ...

If like me you sometimes forget to water your garden plants or crops, you may be interested in a new smart garden irrigation system created by Henry Bröker based in Germany, aptly named CloudRain. The ...

The purpose of irrigation systems is obvious: Plants need water, and people aren’t always around to provide it. I realized this fact when a wildfire engulfed my rural California neighborhood in August ...

There are many benefits to raised bed gardening or “garden boxes.” These tidy containers prevent soil compaction, promote good drainage, provide a natural barrier against slugs, snails and other pests ...

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 ...