Derald wrote:
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I wish we had some of that rain you're getting. Spring is one of
our two "dry" seasons but this March has been exceptional. Are you
using those black soaker hose things made from shredded tires? Man, my
experience with those was terrible! Finally replaced them all with 1
gal/hr/ft dripline, which cost less (online) and, so far, is holding up
much better.

Ma insisted a few years ago that we use soaker
hoses and bought the cheapest kind, just like you
describe.

one run worked ok, but by the end of the season
i was not liking how they ended up. the tomatoes
had much less flavor than usual.

in the process of taking up the hoses at the end
of the season one broke off right at the end with
the connection to the multiplier valves. i bought
a replacement connector but she threw the soaker
hose away before i could fix it. i'm not sure i
really would have been able to as it was very
crumbly material -- probably would have ripped...

last year was wet enough i didn't do too much
irrigating.

so far this spring has been dry for us. cold and
sunny today. might get some rain this week, but i
don't believe it until i see it.

piles of leaves brought over from a friend.
unfortunately, a lot of trash in them. going to
have to go through it before digging it in.
stupid waste of time for me, but i'm lucky to
have the time right now for this sort of thing.


songbird