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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 – ...

Learn to tell when your vegetables need moisture.