Our vegetable garden uses a series of soaker hoses in the beds, hooked up to a buried line that connects to a hose bib. The hose bib is on a timer so I don’t even have to remember to turn it on.

¾” PVC pipe (in a enough length to reach your beds) Fittings to assemble it PVC glue and activator On-off valves Male and female hose ends One soaker hose for each bed you want to water.

Steve Griffins explains the drip irrigation system that he designed and installed for Our Garden Wednesday, May 2, 2012 in Walnut Creek, Calif. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Staff) Show Caption of Expand ...

A gentle, lightweight soaker hose is great for consistent watering across large lawns, flower beds or vegetable gardens. The rust-resistant cap allows multiple hoses to connect for an even longer ...

Last week, we talked about watering your lawn and garden, and mentioned drip irrigation and soaker hoses. Let’s look at them a little more this week.

But I’m also a big fan of soaker hoses, as they’re a wonderful tool for efficient, water-saving irrigation. If you’re no longer a rubber-lubber, may I suggest a relatively new alternative: a ...

Watering your garden with a hose can be done hands-free using this simple ‘soaker’ method. All you need to make this plant-care system is a regular garden hose, a drill, and a cap to screw on ...

Critics of this poor man’s drip irrigation observe that the hoses rarely have the same pressure throughout, so if you spread the hose to water a long hedge, the plants may grow to be shorter at ...

Seedlings of any kind shouldn't be watered with a hose. “The water will break the stems and can even uproot the fragile roots ...

Fall garden demo The public is invited to a "preparing the fall vegetable garden" demonstration by Brazos County Master Gardeners at the Demonstration Idea Garden, 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday.