Gardening and Baseball – Our National Pastimes

Driving to Dripworks today I was thinking of the work (dedication and sweat), thought (planning and strategy), and emotion (the thrill when the work pays off) that comes into play in both Gardening and Baseball. Touching the soul of an avid gardener and a real baseball fan are their gardens, landscapes, and the ball fields. Walking into a beautiful flower or vegetable garden is a breathtaking experience. A baseball stadium is similarly awesome. In baseball the venue is a "ballpark" and the grass is called the "outfield," and the "infield"...a natural setting, an area tended with care, a magnificent site, and a joy to the senses. Gardening and baseball…I contemplate the similarities.

The High Price of Water How Drip Irrigation Can Help

The worst American drought in more than half a century is driving up grain prices and deepening worries about global food shortages. In the spring of 2012 corn farmers in the U.S. planted the most acreage in 75 years hoping to replenish the global food stockpile. Those hopes were soon dashed.
Have you looked at your water bill lately? When I got my mine last spring, I just went right outside and shortened the length of the watering schedule on my timers. Most farmers must think about drip irrigation as a solution. It saves water and produces bountiful harvests. T-Tape for row crops and emitter tubing for orchards and hilly terrain can help tremendously.