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Soakers-Upand down A better Way? Please Suggest.

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Pat- I am going to try using soda bottles with the holes frilles in the
litds ands the bottoms parlty cut out( but not all the way- you want them to
"snap" closed so the water doesn't evaporate) for some of my plants that are
in hard places to water or that need more water. I still havent' come up
with an easy way to get the soaker hosed up to the raised beds without
haveing them strung all over and tripping all over and mowing in between in
a pain as they don't lay flat  and when you lift then then you have to
resettle them and sometime disturb them plants. Have thought about doing
sunken beds even thought iniatially this would be a lot of work- however-
just to encourage the new garders( and I am only on my second year so this
is really encouraging!)The Layering techinique that I used over my hardpan
and clay last year to make my raise beds had resulted in lovely loamy soil
that does about 8 inches dowm below the bottom of my beds now- from the
worms coming up and eating all the hay and newspaper and goodies and making
good soil out of terrible soil- so I guess If I wanted to sink a bed- It
wouldn't be so hard. Of sourse just like with everything- there are probably
robalems unforeseen withthat medthod. In the meantime- if anyone has a
handydandy trick or gismo that helps with how to get the hoses up and down
tidily so that you are not constantly tripping over them- let me know- I am
sure there is something simple- I just can't viualize it. Brain fart and all
that.Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat <ej10817@goodnet.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 6:28 AM
Subject: Love the suggestions on reusing (recycling) things we ordinarily
throw away


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> >(parts trimmed here)
> >house and they line up to watch or peek thru the curtains.They thought I
was
> >loopy when I stripped all the branched off of the Xmas Trees left behind
the
> >dumpsters to use to protect my plants and bushes("the winter gardener
> >episode something HGTV) and then actually PLANTED one  as a wind break
for
> >my hibiscus!(It worked. HAHAHAHA).I talk too much so I will shut up
> >now.Still working on those beds so they will be ready for my babies-Teri
>
> That was so funny, I am also a scrounger. I love the swap meets and I love
> to find new uses for old stuff. Here in the low desert around Phoenix, we
> have problems keeping enough moisture in our gardens so sometimes I resort
> to the 'pitcher' method used by the Native Americans years ago. That is
> sinking a vessel of some kind with hole or holes in it near plants and
> filling it with water to soak in slowly. Of course, I don't use pottery, I
> am 'modern', I use plastic jugs :-)) I also plant my little garden with
> dirt mounded up on the sides to hold the water in and use straw for mulch
> to keep the soil cool, which later adds much-needed humus to the soil.
> Needless to say, I have a compost barrel. I am currently in the process of
> renovating my flower beds by adding a lot of purchased soil amendment
> (mainly coarse ground bark), fertilizer, gypsum and a bit of perlite to
> help hold the water in. I guess the soil is pretty good as there are quite
> a few worms. My goal is to get the soil good enough so it doesn't take
much
> to dig into it as it is getting a bit harder for me to dig as I get
'older'.
>
> Pat
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