Set Up a DIY Automatic Irrigation System in Your Garden
Keeping your garden watered might not feel like a chore at first, but dragging hoses around, getting them stuck on trellises or railings, and spending the time on each bed…
You Should Install Real Drip Irrigation This Year
Drip irrigation systems make sense on a number of levels. Because you’re watering exactly where you need to, you’re watering as much as 70% less. That’s because, as you hand…
You’re Letting Your Faucets Drip Wrong in Winter
Photo: Chuchawan (Shutterstock) Any time there’s a cold snap, my brother races madly around his house until just about every faucet in the place dripping. We all abide by this…
Save Time and Money With Your Own Garden Drip Irrigation
Photo: Toa55 (Shutterstock) Your garden and potted plants can really benefit from a drip irrigation system. These systems reduce the time you have to spend watering your plants, can help…
How to Keep an Outdoor Faucet or Spigot From Freezing
Photo: Andrey Zyk (Shutterstock) Even though you’re probably not using your outdoor faucet or spigot as much during the winter as you do during the summer (or at all), that…
Use a Screwdriver, and Other Ways Keep From Overwatering Your Lawn This Summer
Photo: Alison Hancock (Shutterstock) The summer months are synonymous with dry, brown, crackling grass—a nightmare for those who love their luscious green lawns, and validation to those who think lawns…
India Together: Why doesn’t the CAG look at its own past work? – 23 August 2018
It is only by looking back at its own history of audit findings that the constitutional auditor can draw attention to policy decisions that were flawed at the very beginning,…
India Together: Thirty-four years of irregularities and failures – 10 July 2018
The recently released CAG audit report on Maharashtra has heavily criticized the time and cost overruns in Gosikhurd irrigation project in Vidarbha. Himanshu Upadhyaya analyses the report to list the…