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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The gardener who can do a thorough job of watering with hose in hand is rare indeed. Assuming that the hose spews out about 3 gallons per minute in a circle about 4 feet in diameter, I roughly ...

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 ...

I finally had an automatic irrigation system installed after years of pulling hoses. How should I operate my new system for maximum efficiency? I see many of my neighbors irrigating every day. Is that ...

Landscape irrigation is an art based on experience as much as it is a science. If it were as simple as dropping a hose in the grass, the lawn care industry wouldn’t exist in the form it does today.