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...of plants in bloom.? Public gardens use efficient watering practices and have industry insight on responsible irrigation systems. Homeowners can learn how to irrigate their own gardens by exploring and consulting with a public garden...

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High tunnels, high yield

...his water and fertilizer. Adams installed a drip irrigation system with a valve to control what goes to each row of...also allows him to inject fertilizer through his irrigation system, controlling the amount applied. That meant he...

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Giant cabbage weigh-off steals the show at state fair

...light promotes better flavor -- with pure fantasy, like a 1909 account that underground ice acts as a ''sub-irrigation system.'' In fact, experiment stations later proved that permafrost recedes under cultivation. Ground covers are essential...

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Conservation service helps buy high tunnel garden enclosures

...doesn't reach the crops, however, said Inglis, which nearly eliminates the risk of unwanted pesticides. The irrigation systems implemented in the high tunnels allots gardeners more control over what chemicals go into their fruits, vegetables...

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Going underground to keep your yard or business green

...2005 we installed the largest irrigation system in the state of Alaska for the...someone would want an underground irrigation system, ?It?s no problem, you...installing or maintaining an irrigation system contact Colton Underground Sprinklers...

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Drought, fires cause increase in bear complaints

...freezers and fruit trees, he said. This bear chewed on some plastic pipe to get at water, damaging a farmer's irrigation system. Desautel hopes to relocate it before harvest in nearby orchards and the bear starts pulling branches off the trees...

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Kenai Peninsula Online - Alaska NewspaperMan is Interior's Johnny Appleseed 09/05/04

...The fruit trees have needed more water than the usually half gallon an hour Lammers gives them with the orchard's irrigation system. ''I had 104 degrees here this summer,'' he said. ''All you can do is sock the water to them.'' The trees...

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