in the night shadows — haiku by Beth Barnes, Concord Dear Gary: In the past week, I have twice found my backyard drip system pulled up and strung across the grass, the tubing full of teeth marks.

I would rather see people utilize micro-irrigation as opposed to drip irrigation. Micro-irrigation consists of small sprinklers or spray heads at the end of spaghetti tubing. These tiny heads are ...

The blank tubing system measures up to 1/4 inches and is the best at providing an efficient tubing to start your own drip irrigation system. This system comes with everything you’ll need to ...

It comes with 50 feet of 5/16-inch mainline irrigation tubing and 50 feet of ¼-inch irrigation tubing, plus 20 spray drip emitters and 10 vortex drip emitters.

My drip systems are hooked up to hose bibs and each one will have its own timer. That way my trees get regular moisture at the ideal time of the night when it's cooler and I'm asleep.

Like most things these days, there are all sorts of options available. All drip irrigation systems include tubing, an adapter that attaches to the water source, and emitter nozzles.

Your supply tubing may also come in other sizes but the so-called ½ inch is most common. Check out this resource to learn more about drip irrigation tubing sizes.

Drip irrigation has many benefits, not the least of which is cutting down water use by about 60 percent. That water savings comes from less evaporation and less waste; water isn’t wasted ...

Now, with one zone of your system at a time, check the irrigation equipment for that zone. First, pull up the tubing, being careful not to disturb any roots. If tubing has been left in the ground ...

There are many drip irrigation tubing products on the market today, but none match the ease of use, durability, reliability and fine engineering of in-line emitter tubing.

And a 200-micron filter further reduces the chances of any clogging. Automatic watering Right at the hose spigot is the best part of a drip irrigation system: the battery-operated timer.

A 200-micron filter further reduces the chances of any clogging. Auto turn-on Right at the hose spigot is the best part of a drip-irrigation system: the battery-operated timer.