How do you water a raised bed?
This article explains to what extent special requirements apply to watering a raised bed, what options you have with regard to watering and what else you need to consider. Raised beds have become very popular [...]
Introducing Netafim Netspex: Free sprinkler planning tool for agriculture
For many years, the only free online irrigation planning tool available was the myGarden planner from Gardena, but a few years ago the very advanced DVS irrigation planner and the Orbit irrigation planner were added. [...]
How do you water a hedge?
Watering a hedge has a few things in common with watering a lawn, but there are some differences to consider. Below is the most important information on hedge watering. First of all, the basic question: [...]
Gardena Smart Water Control web-controlled irrigation computer in practical testing
The Smart Water Control is the current top model from the European irrigation company Gardena. In the following practical test I describe what functions it includes, how to install it, how well it all [...]
Cheapest WiFi irrigation computer on the market in the test: Orbit B-hyve Smart Hose Watering Timer
In terms of price, the Orbit B-hyve Smart Hose Watering Timer is a challenge to the smart competing products from Gardena, LinkTap, Eve Aqua and others. But can it keep up with these providers [...]
Orbit B-hyve Smart Outdoor irrigation controller in the test
The web-enabled Orbit irrigation computers are a comparatively inexpensive alternative to the irrigation computers from established providers such as Hunter, Rain Bird or Racchio. In this article I put the Orbit B-hyve Smart Outdoor [...]
This is how the Orbit B-hyve system works
In this article I describe how the Orbit B-hyve system works, which is used in all web-enabled Orbit irrigation computers. This allows the irrigation computer to be programmed and operated from anywhere in the [...]
In the test: Hunter Pro HC Hydrawise vs. Rain Bird ESP-TM2 with LNK WiFi module
In the following article I will compare the Hunter Pro-HC irrigation computer with the Rain Bird ESP-TM2 in combination with the Rain Bird WiFi module in a practical test. The article also includes a [...]
This is how the Hunter Hydrawise system works
The following article introduces the possibilities of the popular Hunter Hydrawise irrigation system. This is cloud-based and is used on the web-enabled Hunter Hydrawise computers HC, Pro-HC, HPC, HCC and the X2 in conjunction [...]
How the Rain Bird Smart Watering System works (Rain Bird LNK WiFi)
This article introduces the features of the Rain Bird Smart Watering System used in web-enabled Rain Bird computers. This allows access to the irrigation computer from anywhere in the world and is used on [...]