For a fact, having automatic sprinklers in your garden makes life a lot easier - including for those hapless friends and neighbors who'd otherwise have to water your plants while you're away. Have …
How to Winterize Your Sprinkler System
The recent asphalt-melting, crop-withering, and blackout-inducing heat waves are one of the practical demonstrations we've seen lately of how the weather is getting more extreme and less predictable. …
Why (and How) to Use a Sprinkler Controller
Certainly, there are plenty of useless gadgets out there, but millions of people who've installed automated irrigation systems are pretty happy with their purchase. Why? Convenience: Spending 20 …
The Basics of Weather Stations, and How they Work
Much of what influences your local weather can't be seen or felt - at least, not with any degree of precision. Yet, even if we're not always aware of it, atmospheric conditions affect the kinds of …
Year-Round Patio Use
"To patio" should really be a verb. "I'm going to spend the afternoon patioing with my book", or "I patioed all morning, which is why there's no lemonade left" makes perfect sense to …
Home Sprinkler System Design
Your garden should be one of the best features of your home. Even the most beautiful modern house will seem sterile and gloomy if it's surrounded by nothing but weeds and dust. Water makes all …
Lawn Care Best Practices
It's no accident that some of the items most commonly photoshopped in real estate sales photos are lawns. While the ethics of this are questionable, it's not difficult to see why this trick works: a …
Hurricane Survival Guide
Few things can be quite as frightening as being stuck in the middle of a hurricane. In fact, research suggests that of those affected develop PTSD. When you also consider other natural disasters - …
Guide to Xeriscape Landscaping
Fresh, unpolluted water is a limited resource. Droughts and shortages are already commonplace, and the situation is only likely to worsen in coming years. With about half of domestic water …
What Barometric Pressure Tells us About Weather
Although the word "meteorology" has been around since 1600, the study of weather prediction only dates from the middle of the 19th century. That's long before became a problem, but it's still …
Air Pollution Facts, Causes and Effects
Breathing freely is important; in fact, it's something most of us make a point of doing. It's even made its way into our vocabulary: a creative idea is a breath of fresh air. If it's really useful …