The best fertilizer may be the footsteps of the farmer, as the Chinese proverb says. But all of the fertilizer and shoe leather in the world won’t raise so much as a hill of beans without water. Just ...

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

Finding adequate time amidst busy schedules for watering an outdoor garden can be difficult. When I was growing up, this task was part of the chore rotation for my brothers and me. I secretly always ...

What is a Drip System? Often called a ‘drip irrigation system,’ the drip system delivers the perfect amount of water directly to the root zone of your plants. This system, which dispenses water in the ...

THE drip irrigation system is suitable for crop cultivation when irrigation water or rain water is not enough for conventional farming. This technology, so far, has not been adopted commonly but in ...

Drip irrigation systems are probably the most efficient for our climate, but they do require some periodic maintenance. It’s pretty easy to do this maintenance yourself, and it won’t take long. It ...

Q: I have a lot of landscaping and gardens. My water bills are high and I hate to waste time watering. I probably don’t water right anyway. Are automatic watering kits effective and do they save water ...

Democratic governments are, by their nature, slow-moving creatures — and that’s the way it should be. Social stability generally requires that change be evolutionary, not revolutionary, lest the ...

In a country of unique problems, the solutions cannot be conventional. Netafim Irrigation realised this when it pondered over the problem of how to provide drip irrigation to small Indian farms. Six ...