Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Dear Ken: About a year ago, you wrote about a sure-fire way to purge a sprinkler system. I can't find it, so could you repeat it? - Charlie Dear Charlie: The most vulnerable part of any residential ...

There was a little problem when I turned on my inground sprinkler system in mid-April. One of the seven zones in the system had a bad valve. The damaged valve stayed on all the time, even when another ...