Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climates, 2nd Edition

Very valuable info .

Provides all the information one would ever want or need to know about drip irrigation. Folksy and informal tone makes this book a pleasure to use in setting up and maintaining a drip irrigation system.

I have just finished reading through this book and can attest it is well worth it. The author has purposely remained unbiased in his reviews and illustrates the gizmos and how they come together quite well. I definitely feel better prepared to take on the summer now. . . and, btw, he has a chapter on drip irrigation for vegetable gardens which is most helpful.

The book describes drip irrigation but is a little hard to follow. I was hoping for beginner book that would be easy to follow. This was not exactly that. It does give some good information. I will refer to the book again as I will be moving soon and have to start a new drip irrigation system in my new backyard sanctuary.

This book provides clear, detailed instructions for understanding and creating your own drip irrigation systems. The main purpose is to explain these systems to small homesteaders or suburban gardeners but the theories and explanations given can help anyone in any circumstance understand how to think about drip irrigation. I especially liked the background info about why drip irrigation is not just a water saving device but also a way to get better production out of gardens. At each step, the author offers as much or as little detail as the reader might need for their purposes. I will probably re-read this book many times in coming seasons as my own garden evolves and my requirements mature. Thanks, Mr Kourik!

I don't usually review books, but I feel that Robert Kourik has produced such a useful publication that it requires some comment. He obviously has had many years experience in horticulture and this is reflected in his book, which not only describes the mechanics of drip irrigation, but details plant feeding and how this should effect watering techiques.As with most DIY books, it helps if you have made some previous efforts on your own, so you have some practical background.A big help to a vegetable gardener in the Colorado Front Range (15 inches per annum).

I want to do drip irrigation around my house. This book makes sense. It will be a huge aid when I buy the parts and install

It allowed me to design a system, which was the primary objective. However, alot of the information is outdated and the book needs better editing. For example, the lowest pressure reducer I could find at a big box hardware store was greater than what the book said was a minimum, and was plenty sufficient as fittings are now rated to 80 psi. Examples of run lengths provided in the text on p.32 did not match those in the Appendix Tables, making a relatively easy subject a little confusing. Similarly, on page 24 a typo of 1/8 instead of 0.1 adds confusion. There were more typos than I am used to seeing, some of them pretty important like 1/2" being 12" on page 148. Only about 8 pages of the book were relevant to what I had to do. The rest was filler and bad jokes.