If your plants look fine but your water bill keeps creeping up, your irrigation setup might be quietly draining money into the street. A lot of gardeners set sprinklers and timers once, then never ...

Since the invention of agriculture, people have tried to come up with smarter ways to water plants. Those with indoor gardens have ultimate control over the amount of H20 that goes over the plants, ...

You don’t need to water everything the same way. Drip irrigation and soaker hoses let you send water right to the roots where it’s needed most. These systems are easy to set up and use a lot less ...

One saves more water than the other.

I confess, I enjoy hand-watering some of my plants. Most of my containers are hand-watered. I find the time it takes to water them relaxing, and I take the opportunity to check on my plants and see ...

Winter is coming. And if you have an irrigation system, it’s not just a Game of Thrones metaphor—it’s a reality check that can make or break your spring garden. Water left inside pipes when ...

Yes, you read that right: We built a smart garden at the CNET Smart Home. If you're wondering what that means or what could possibly be "smart" about a garden, it simply means that, as a team, we ...