If your lawn has seen better days, before you invest in treatments or new equipment, check your irrigation system.

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 ...

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 ...

In San Diego, the colder winter months take a toll on irrigation systems. To ensure that your system gives you its best performance before the heavy watering of summer starts, here are six steps to ...

In this video, I explain how watering your garden beds and container plants with ollas or clay pots can save water. Plus, I ...

Keeping your garden watered might not feel like a chore at first, but dragging hoses around, getting them stuck on trellises or railings, and spending the time on each bed to keep everything ...

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 ...

Irrigation systems use a network of pipes to carry water around the garden and deliver it to the plants through one of three methods. Drip irrigation is one of the main types, and it is very easy to ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. If you've ever watched your garden struggle ...

It’s easy to see the weather has gotten dry. The dry season has been unusual in that it didn’t really start until a month or so ago. We’ve had regular rain since October on most of the Treasure Coast ...