What is the best type of irrigation? If you ask three different people you may well get three different answers. But I expect a lot of you are wondering about this as you look at your water bills and ...

From AI-tuned sprinkler controllers to solar-powered hose bots, smart irrigation tech is eliminating the chore of lawn care.

The purpose of irrigation systems is obvious: Plants need water, and people aren’t always around to provide it. I realized this fact when a wildfire engulfed my rural California neighborhood in August ...

If you’ve grown a garden for a while, you may have noticed that the last few years have been brutal due to climate change-related patterns. One month it’s drought and the next it’s flooding. What is ...

These Wi-Fi–connected controllers monitor local weather data to conserve water while ensuring a healthy lawn.

Picture a farm or garden, and you're likely to imagine crops planted in rows. Run water between the rows and you have furrow irrigation, one of humanity's oldest methods used to grow food. It's still ...

To make best use of any water you have in drought, you should wet the soil just where the roots are. Roots reach different ...