Landscape planting in summer has always been risky. Newly-installed plants need frequent, sometimes daily watering until they get established. Even regular rainfall won’t penetrate more than a few ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Plants tend to need a regular supply of water to stay happy. If you’re a green thumb, it’s one of the primary things you should take care of before you go on holiday. This DIY plant watering system ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo shows plants being watered in New Paltz, N.Y. Watering with a hose end sprayer is satisfying to the gardener ...

Q: I have a lot of landscaping and gardens. My water bills are high, and I hate to waste time watering. I probably don't water correctly anyway. Are automatic watering systems effective? Do they save ...

TAYLOR, Utah — The slow, steady drip of water hits right where the plant is. "You can see under here, it’s just a drip, drip, drip," farmer Matt Peterson said, picking up a line running under a row of ...

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 ...

The debate rages whether we should rip out our grass or fill in pools to save water. But agriculture used 74 percent of Arizona’s water in 2017. If farmers found a way to save just 5 percent of that ...

August is the month for two garden W’s: weeding and watering. Regular attention to both keeps a vegetable or flower garden pretty and productive well into autumn. For now, let’s look at watering. It’s ...