On 6/23/2017 7:20 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
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Here we go dragging hoses again. I am drawing up some plans to set up
some PVC piping to get water to areas in the vegetable gardens and the
fruit trees. Will put in a monitor to turn on water when needed the
most. Much easier to do that than to go around dragging a 100 foot hose.

i run one long hose to the middle of an
area and then use splitters to run shorter
lengths in different directions from there.

hoses aren't that expensive for the lighter
shorter ones. the long one i get a heavy
duty version for a few $ more. 20yrs on
the oldest hose. have to get new ends once
in a while.


songbird

The heat of summer here eats water hoses in a years time of being left
out in the sun. PVC is cheap, easy to handle, and, I've put in lots of
pvc piping at other homes over the years. Will bury about six inches
down and run them through the raised beds. I drill small holes on those
and then watch the water soak up to the surface.

Our beds are not that big, four by sixteen and four by eight X 2. May
add on the beds around the back fence at a later time, preferably in the
winter.

Our high temp today was 98F at 5PM, thank goodness for air conditioning.

George