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), ...

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 ...

Advantages of drip irrigation I love my vegetable garden, but I knew from the start that I didn’t want one unless I had an irrigation system installed for it. I know what I like to do in the garden, ...

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 ...

Kabul, Afghanistan, was a great deal cleaner than the last time I was there. The roads had been swept free of its layer of sand, and piles of trash scattered along the roads had mostly been shoveled ...