Irrigation Mastery Blog

Guide for Monthly Irrigation Schedule Adjustment

Reprinted from an article I wrote for the Contra Costa County UC Master Gardener newsletter in June 2021.

by Lori Palmquist

Since we are officially in drought again (August 2021), and the water companies are asking us to cut back, I have...

By Lori Palmquist

This is the third of a three-part post on irrigation scheduling. To read part two, click here, and to read part one, click here. 

In this last post of the series, I’m sharing the web application I use in my practice. It’s a tool I created several years ago to...

By Lori Palmquist

This is the second part of a three-part post on irrigation scheduling. (To read part one, click here.)

As I said in part one of this post, I was asked by a survey respondent recently to talk about how to translate how much water each plant in the landscape needs … into...

By Lori Palmquist

Spring has burst upon us in its unstoppable wonder and glory. Even as we try to figure out how to navigate the losses and uncertainties this season has brought us this year, Nature is offering her bounty for us to adore.

Here in the Bay Area of Northern California, we’re a...

How Long Do I Run the Irrigation?  (Part 2 of 2)

By Lori Palmquist

We learned in part one of this post about the irrigation water needs of plants during the seasons when it's not raining. If you missed part one of this post, you can read it here.

How do we go from knowing the...