Gardening

Give your firm the best irrigation system. This checklist will help you in laying the best foundation for your next irrigation scheme. Irrigation Design Site Visit: Visit the site and study the topography and layout. Design for Sprinklers: Account for plant growth. Include trees and shrubs. Type: Choose between placing the sprinklers and micro-irrigation. Control: Ensure the irrigation design prevents spraying onto streets, driveways, entrances, sidewalks, and parking areas. Space Up Sprinklers: Design sprinkler heads spacing with a minimum of the "head-to-head" area. Control Water Levels: Use different watering sprinkler areas with different uses and water needs. Regulate Runoff: Work [...]

Mulching is a great way to suppress the weeds, conserve water, and prevent soil erosion on your flower and vegetable garden. Use this checklist to mulch your garden and regulate the temperature of your soil. Plastic Black and red plastic mulch: Increases soil temperature/ allows you to plant summer crops earlier. Reduces / eliminates soil-borne diseases. Reduces weeds are reduced Increases rate of growth of crops Great for any salad plants such as cucumbers, squash, eggplants, melons, tomatoes, and peppers. Best with a drip irrigation system since water can’t permeate the plastic. Expensive and difficult to remove (not environmentally sustainable). [...]