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How to ease water chores in the heat of summer

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8< snipped from Teri's message.....
> and hoping that the tomatoes get ripe soon- I am never susing raised beds
> for them again-too hard to keep em watered. 

I constructed an irrigation system that waters my raised 4x4 beds as 
a weekend project back in the spring. I knew I would 'get busy' 
being a single dad with three kids and now that we are at 105 
degrees days here in Texas, its a pleasure to watch my garden water 
itself. :)

Total cost was about $40 in materials (less the water hose I already 
had) and an afternoon of labor which feeds (2) 4x4 beds. I plan to 
expand this to include 2 more beds next year which should run about 
another $20 in parts. Biggest expense was the timer ~$20 (at Home 
Depot) and the extra drip hose left over (plenty for next year).

Water hose runs out to the garden area and  feeds a PVC pipe with T 
joint between two beds. PVC then has adaptors and small hose clamp 
to attach "standard" 1/2 inch drip irrigation hose which in turn 
attaches to 1/4 inch drip irrigation hose, 4 lines per bed for each 1 
foot row. 

I have had to give a little exta watering attention to a row of 
strawberries (in order to get them to grow "bigger") and a bit to the 
bush beans(to ensure they were kept moist before seeds sprouted), but 
have otherwise been genuinely pleased with this performance of this 
"what can I do while I wait for things to grow spring Saturday 
afternoon project".

Of course, mulching goes along way to maintaining moisture.

Steve :)


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