So my sister, gardening mother and I were all delighted when he rigged up an irrigation system for the Sutton garden out of rain barrels, PVC pipe and a sump pump. I'm not quite sure how he got the ...

[Dmritard96] built this automated watering system to keep his garden growing while he’s out-of-town. It uses rain barrels, which capture and store rainwater, as a source. These barrels provide very ...

A rain barrel is a great way to reduce water use while still having plenty of water for flower beds and the garden. For this project, either a 55 gallon barrel or a large garbage can with a lid can be ...

[Kyle Gabriel] moved into a house with a nice tract of land behind it, but due to his busy schedule he had yet to plant the garden he so desperately wanted. He worried that his hectic life and busy ...

Robin Blair does what she can to help her plants thrive. She plants them in good soil and keeps the weeds away. She also waters them regularly with rainwater captured in barrels in the yard of her ...

Wichita is trying to encourage water conservation in the wake of the drought, and, in the garden department, a recently introduced rebate program carries incentives for people who want to buy rain ...

A do-it-yourself workshop for building a rain barrel irrigation system will be presented from 8 to 10 a.m. July 9 at B.B. Brown’s Gardens in Clermont. Don Herold, a National Wildlife Federation ...

With California facing dire water shortfalls after the driest year in recorded state history, Gov. Jerry Brown has called on residents of the Golden State to conserve water “in every way possible.” I ...