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Maintaining soil moisture is critical to prevent blossom end rotJefferson County Cooperative Extension By Hunter McBrayer Boy has it been dry lately! With summer temps reaching well above 90 degrees and the rain being scattered, there are a lot of...

With these versatile, high-quality timers, controlling how much and how often you water is a straightforward process. The dial-operated timer takes seconds to program. One dial sets watering frequency, with nine options ranging from every 3 hours to every 14 days. A second dial controls watering duration, with ten settings ranging from 2 minutes to 9 hours. A delay-start button postpones activation for 1 to 12 hours, so you don't have to wait for the right hour to set the unit. The digital…

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Water timers just don’t get any easier to use than this. Simple and reliable, it works like a mechanical egg timer, without batteries or electronics, automatically shutting off the water after a chosen length of time (up to 2 hours).The large rubberized dials offer good grip even when wet, with high-contrast numerals that are easy to read. A manual override setting lets you use the hose without engaging the timer.The timer works with water pressure from 15 to 120 psi and has a durable…

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Johanne Daoust in Toronto has been most helpful in posting a series of photos with notes that show how she converted her rooftop garden planters into sub-irrigated planters (SIPs - known erroneously as "self-watering"). Her planters include a variety of...

These sound like such an awesome idea. I would love to maybe incorporate these into my backyard garden... it would save a TON of hassle in the watering department.

Garden Hose Splitter Turns One Spigot into Four Taps! Control water flow to four watering accessories Save trips to and from the faucet Oversized levers are easy to turn Give each hose and sprinkler its own tap and eliminate trips back and forth to the faucet. This hose bib splitter makes watering convenient by allowing you to run separate hoses to different parts of the yard, have a spare tap when it's time to wash the car, or keep one tap available for filling your watering can…