Share your planting tips Do you have a gardening trick you'd like to share? Email [email protected] a photo and explanation. Angie Waldner of Salem thinks ahead when it comes to watering ...

I love to garden. I love planting and harvesting and just walking around and observing. However, I do not like to water by hand. Until recently on my homestead, I had to water everything with a hose.

Q: I plan to replace the grass in my backyard with shrubs, flowers and trees. How can I convert my existing sprinkler system to a drip system? A: A drip system is relatively easy to install because ...

After a few hours of work alongside an electrical engineering buddy this week, my home garden drip system became powered by a Raspberry Pi. I can control the entire thing locally from my iPhone and, ...