Preparing to leave your home can be a bit intense. From the essential kitchen sink precaution you should take before going on vacation to basic cleaning and packing, there is a lot to do. If you are a ...

Pulsed irrigation, according to Michigan State University researcher Josh Vander Weide, improves growth, yield, and quality in blueberry plants — which is good news for water-deprived growers in not ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Healthy and in-demand fruits such as the high-margin 'green gold' avocado, primarily grown in South and Central America, are among the least tenable and environmentally-friendly crops. According to a ...

A woman checks on set drip irrigation pipes at her farm in Kitgum When buying drip lines, consider quality, durability and the flow rate of water. Photo by Lominda Afedraru The choice of an irrigation ...