For six decades — from a desert kibbutz to California’s Central Valley — I have had the exciting good fortune to watch drip ...

Water smarter, not harder. These clever self-watering raised bed ideas save time, keep plants thriving, and offer a reduced risk of overwatering.

If you garden in raised beds, there is no improvement that will save you time and enhance results better than drip irrigation. The time spent installing a drip irrigation system will be returned many ...

Sprinklers, which spray water into the air where it is easily evaporated or lost to the wind, are inherently inefficient. They spread water over large areas, regardless of whether there are roots ...

Water trickles out of a tiny black plastic tube and flows onto a spot near a young banana plant. The set-up looks simple, but it works with precision. The tube delivers just the right amount of water, ...

I love drip irrigation. I get such satisfaction from seeing the orderly lines of drip tubing in my gardens, emitting precisely measured drops of water onto plant roots. These commonplace scenes make ...

According to the EPA’s WaterSense program, roughly half of all outdoor water use is wasted through overwatering, evaporation, and misdirected irrigation. That’s not a distant policy problem; that’s ...

Shadow Creek golf course in North Las Vegas, Nevada, features 100 acres of naturalized areas comprised of tall grasses and more than 6,000 planted pine trees. The irrigation system in these ...

Drip irrigation operates under low pressure, hence does not require pumps to push the water through the system. Drip irrigation can operate purely on gravity. This means reduced energy costs. Plants ...

Ensuring your plants get the right amount of water is a challenging task, and lugging around a watering can is hard work. Here are some hands-off alternatives.