If you’re not using soaker hoses in your garden, now’s the time to start. It's a highly efficient way to water, so while you may spend a little on a soaker hose and fittings at the onset, you will ...

Q: I bought soaker hoses to save water, and now I can’t figure out how high to turn up the water, or how long to leave them on. Also, they keep popping up through the mulch. How do I use these things?

Which soaker hose is best? Plants need water to thrive. Unfortunately, watering with a hose or using a sprinkler isn’t as effective as most people think. To give plants what they need, you must get ...

Springtime in our region often brings ample total moisture, but for gardeners with heavy soils, this can be as bad as drought. Too much moisture early on can stunt plants and prohibit good root zone ...

Many homeowners struggle with the same question: How much to water? “The simple answer is that your plants need enough water in the soil for their roots to absorb what they need,” said Sharon Yiesla, ...

While they can perform similar jobs, garden and soaker hoses are made with different purposes in mind. Garden hoses are for general use, while soaker hoses are for watering plants. Garden hoses are ...

Sometimes, I’m not very smart. Example. When this warm weather hit, I started to resent the time spent watering the garden. I’d stand outside watering and complaining about “stupid wastes of time, ...

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