897tgigvib
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oh yes, planning a watering system will help a whole lot. Plan the hose system and put it in as you make the beds.
dragging 200 feet or even more, down and back up rows between beds gets real tiring in the hot of july and august.
I actually purchased i think it was 7 fifty foot hoses. I also go a whole lot of those plastic hose end repair things, male ends, female ends, and a lot of splitters. At any rate, you'll need at least a small bag of hose washers. Get the good ones. Money is tight, and economy prevails, but do figure on some hosing system. Pounding sticks or stakes into the ground at strategic places will help stop a dragged hose from mushing down some plants, especially at corners, and where the hose makes wide turns.
Expensive hoses are good, but there is one drawback that some of the cheaper hoses will not have: cheap hoses often weigh less, and make a smaller radius turning a corner. that's 2, lol.
You might want to sink a hose and have its end come out of the ground tied to a firm stake, the other end coming from a Y splitter. The out coming end can then have a splitter on it for 2 hoses. I actually ran a series like this under my main beds. Each row now has its own hose. Actually, for next year, I'm gonna experiment with some soaker hoses.
...still trying to think...
dragging 200 feet or even more, down and back up rows between beds gets real tiring in the hot of july and august.
I actually purchased i think it was 7 fifty foot hoses. I also go a whole lot of those plastic hose end repair things, male ends, female ends, and a lot of splitters. At any rate, you'll need at least a small bag of hose washers. Get the good ones. Money is tight, and economy prevails, but do figure on some hosing system. Pounding sticks or stakes into the ground at strategic places will help stop a dragged hose from mushing down some plants, especially at corners, and where the hose makes wide turns.
Expensive hoses are good, but there is one drawback that some of the cheaper hoses will not have: cheap hoses often weigh less, and make a smaller radius turning a corner. that's 2, lol.
You might want to sink a hose and have its end come out of the ground tied to a firm stake, the other end coming from a Y splitter. The out coming end can then have a splitter on it for 2 hoses. I actually ran a series like this under my main beds. Each row now has its own hose. Actually, for next year, I'm gonna experiment with some soaker hoses.
...still trying to think...