This first Sunday in November is the beginning of Eastern Standard Time - the weekend when we roll back our clocks one hour. While we humans may enjoy an extra hour to sleep in, out in the garden our ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Japan, they call it kaizen. It’s the process of making continuous small improvements. Here it’s spoken by consultants streamlining manufacturing practices, but for Carl Rupprecht, kaizen describes ...

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 ...

I know that different plants need different amounts of irrigation. How often should I irrigate the various plants in my landscape? In general, the deeper the root system, the less frequently plants ...