Greetings, I tend to like the idea of underground weeping hoses, but we have a pretty powerful rototiller, and I am afraid of damaging the hoses whilst turning up the sod. It is starting to look like getting all new hoses of a significantly larger diameter might turn out to be the answer. I probably aught to give ya'll a better idea of how large the garden is.
We have about thirty ninety foot rows, and they cover quite a substantial bit of land. We planted peas, potatos, wax beans, tomatoes, squash, okra, cucumbers and watermelons. Needless to say, this takes a lot of irrigating. I am fervently hoping that larger hoses will do the trick. I can't thank all of you enough for all of the sound and helpful advice I've gotten from my question. You are obviously a great bunch of folk. Bright Blessings, RiverWind On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Jeff Kisecker wrote: > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:48:00 -0500 > To: [email protected] > From: Jeff Kisecker <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Watering a large Garden with water pressure > issues > > Depends on where you live, in the US, you can go to Lowes or any major > hardware store, you can also get timers there as well. > > You can also go to http://www.orbitonline.com > > An underground one would use the same type of weeping hose that Dale was > speaking of, but would be completely underground, and you would not have to > worry about turning on the hose and such. The hoses would not be laying > around for a person to trip over. > > Depending on the size of your garden, it probably wouldn't cost very much to > do. I did my entire yard a few years ago for less than 1200 bucks. > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of RiverWind > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:11 PM > To: Blind Handymen's Forum > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Watering a large Garden with water pressure > issues > > > > > Greetings, > > I first off want to thank everyone who has responded so far. I have > several good suggestions to pursue here. I can get a larger > diameter hose, buy seeping hoses and bury them where needed, find > an underground system or get a timer. I have a couple of questions. > > I have never heard of an "underground system." How do they work, > and how common might they be to find? I am likewise curious about > the timing device that will turn my sprinklers on and off in the > pattern I specify. Frankly I have never even heard of such a timer. > Needless to say, my interest is definitely sparked. > > Bright Blessings, > RiverWind > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > >
