Properly maintaining your yard year-round is a time-, money- and water-consuming process. A smart irrigation system may be a good option for some.

With that, we turned a single smart piece of hardware into a remotely controllable, weather-aware drip irrigation system. The Orbit B-hyve Faucet Timer Plus costs $70, or you can just get the ...

Mr. Javan Mukundane, CEO of SprinkTech, a company specialising in solar-powered and smart irrigation systems, described how climate change has eroded traditional farming calendars.

Soil moisture-based smart irrigation systems These smart irrigation systems use one of two sensor types to track the moisture content of your soil and adjust your water usage as needed.