Plants need water, and people aren’t always around to provide it. I realized this fact when a wildfire engulfed my rural ...

Step 1: Shut off the irrigation water supply. Locate the shut-off valve, which is typically in a green box in your yard close to the water meter. Turn the valve so it's perpendicular to the pipe to ...

Smart farmers inspect irrigation systems after harvest and document problems to tackle repairs when weather warms up.

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 ...