Drip irrigation systems make sense on a number of levels. Because you’re watering exactly where you need to, you’re watering as much as 70% less.

Setting up a drip irrigation system should take only a few hours and cost about $200 for an average yard, since no trenching is needed.

For the details on how to install a drip irrigation system, follow the links below to stories by Homes & Gardens of the Northwest writer Kym Pokorny.

For this week’s Growing, Eating and Educating with NanBop Farm, Farm Director Andrea Bushre shows us how to install a drip irrigation system.

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Another way in which drip systems can conserve water is by installing them under a layer of mulch, promoting even greater water savings by further reducing evaporation from the soil.

Some of the equipment and supplies you’ll need to assess your irrigation system and install new drip irrigation.

The term "drip irrigation" refers to simple soaker hoses winding through a garden bed as well as the bewildering lineup of drippers, sprayers, bubblers and emitters available in advanced systems.