Last spring, my mom set up her garden with drip irrigation. Even though she has a sizable yard filled with vegetables, flowers and native bushes, it only took a couple of days to get the system up ...

(Jessica Damiano via AP) This May 26, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a drip-irrigation soaker hose set in place over the soil in a small raised-garden bed on Long Island, N.Y. Damiano ...