"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Watering a garden by hand can be incredibly time consuming, but it can be hard to find the money and time ...

The best tool for the job is the right tool. When it comes to hoses, a garden hose is a general-purpose item that you can use in a wide variety of situations. On the other hand, a soaker hose has one ...

When we were kids our dad made us work in the garden every Saturday. We turned soil in the flower beds, pruned shrubs and hedges, and weeded. There was no lawn where we lived. Only flower beds, ...

Plants don't need their leaves watered, they need their roots watered. Water more effectively and cut down on plant damage and disease by using a soaker hose. A big sprinkler might be the best way to ...

Which soaker hose is best? Plants need water to thrive. Unfortunately, watering with a hose or using a sprinkler isn’t as effective as most people think. To give plants what they need, you must get ...

We hooked up the soaker hoses to an outdoor water spigot and observed how evenly they distributed water. We stretched them out, wound them around trees and plants, and carefully inspected each hose’s ...

Few pieces of gardening equipment are as simple and as useful as the soaker hose. It's amazing that recycled rubber tires can be worked into a hose that has become the ideal portable irrigation system ...

Some rain barrel users aren’t making the most of their free rainwater resources. Try our rain barrel setup to make use of the water that would otherwise overflow in a heavy downpour. Learn how to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A Rancho Park gardener’s recent letter raised the question of whether a ...

FIELD OF STREAMS -- St. Thomas More High second baseman Daniel Duhon takes in the scene in the bottom of the seventh inning as lawn sprinklers burst to life Tuesday, May 1, 2007, during a playoff ...