Even in the midst of the recent El Niño storm systems, environmentalists and vineyardists are still concerned with the impacts of four years of continued drought on crops. Yet a recent analysis of the ...

Question: I have been replacing gravel with wood mulch and I have to put the gravel someplace. What thickness of gravel can I place around the plants, none at the trunk, without causing damage? Also, ...

Long before irrigation pivots and improved turf varieties, native grasses were quietly doing the hard work.

A young company based in Angwin, Deep Root Irrigation, was named one of the top 10 New Products of 2015 by World Ag Expo. The expo was held between Feb. 10-12 in Tulare. The product, called the DRI ...

An orange tree before and after deep-root watering with a Root Quencher. A Root Quencher tree watering device can be expanded to enable deep watering for all sizes of trees and shrubs. The Inventor of ...

This time of year, when the temperatures soar, we worry a lot about our lawns getting enough water. But not enough attention is paid to the rest of our landscape. Our trees and shrubs need water too – ...

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 ...

Q: Our roots are firmly planted in old East Sacramento, where many new trees have been planted when mature, sickly Modesto ash trees were lost. Can our younger trees survive the summer months with ...

Learn to tell when your vegetables need moisture.

Just when you’ve dried out from our recent rains, it’s time to consider the drought we’re in. Rain totals to date this season – July 2012 to present – are only 4 to 5 inches, depending on where you ...