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 ...

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 ...

I do not like drip systems, especially those placed underneath landscape fabric or a layer of mulch. You can’t see what is happening and you will lose plants before you discover you have a problem. I ...

Calibrating or determining the rate of water your sprinkler system applies is an easy job. Here’s how to do it: Obtain 5 to 10 straight-sided empty cans such as tuna fish or soup cans. Place the ...

Are you a gardener who’s getting tired of the time and money it takes to keep it watered? Have you ever thought about creating your own irrigation system? Imagine a garden that waters itself. Sounds ...

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 ...

The vegetables will be alive when [Dillon Nichols] returns from vacation thanks to this automatic watering controller that he built. This is the second iteration of the project, and deals mainly with ...

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 ...

FAIRBANKS — If you enjoy unwinding, unkinking and dragging hoses hither and thither in your yard and garden or lugging watering cans around, then stop reading. If you want to save water and fertilizer ...

I finally had an automatic irrigation system installed after years of pulling hoses. How should I operate my new system for maximum efficiency? I see many of my neighbors irrigating every day. Is that ...

One of the things that I have wanted to work on for the past couple of years is adding irrigation to my main garden so that I ...