Cooperative Extension is now taking orders for rain barrels. This premium rain barrel fills from any size downspout through a bug-proof entry cover. A solid brass spigot connects easily to your garden ...

If you water your garden right, you can save water and money and make plants healthier. Watering with a hose allows you to direct water precisely where you need it, above the roots. That eliminates ...

Do you have a green thumb? Maintaining your garden at home might become a little less expensive if you have a rain barrel. Rain barrels collect and store rainwater from your roof. You can use the ...

Until I installed soaker hoses throughout my vegetable beds this year, I’d always watered my plants by hand, which over the years had become tiresome. Standing outside holding a garden hose wasn’t ...

Emma Stenhouse is a marine scientist, educator, and writer with more than 16 years of experience. She holds an M.S. in Marine Science from the University of Plymouth. Installing a rain barrel system ...

Hoosiers have experienced an abnormally dry spell with moderate drought conditions seeping into Central Indiana as spring turns to summer. The lack of recent rain spells frustration for residential ...

Much-publicized is the drought the Treasure Coast is currently suffering through. Every drop of rain that hits the ground seems to get soaked in immediately, leaving everything around it thirsting for ...

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