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This is such a basic question, I'm almost sorry to ask - but I can't
find a decent site to advise me ...

I want to get a water supply into my garden ..... serving a 'water
feature' (wildlife friendly is my intention) as well as making it easier
to water my veggie plot.

At the moment I run a hose the 150' from my outdoor tap to the veg plot
(with some T's off which I connect hoses to water the tubs and
containers on the way down).

We're thinking of trying to establish a wildlife plot at the very bottom
of the garden (220' from the tap!) which will have some kind of 'boggy
bit'.

Would it be OK just to take a 'spur' off the pipe supplying the outside
tap and run a 15mm 'pvc'* pipe all the way to where the supply is
required, fitting a tap at the veg garden (150') and somewhere in the
wildlife garden (220') to support the 'pond', or whateve? Presure is OK
via a hosepipe, so I guess it should be OK (if not better?) when
properly 'plumbed'......

*by pvc I mean the 'plastic' pipe one can use push-fit connecters with
....)

I'd look at burying the pipe maybe 9" - 12" deep in a place I'd not
normally dig over ...


Is it that simple?

Why do you need a permanent water supply? Once filled, the water just gets
pumped round so all you need is electricity. You can top it up with the
occasional watering can in the summer as long as you haven't put it in full
sun. The rest of the year rain will keep it topped up. If you can stand the
wait, it would be better to fill with rain water anyway as tap water
contains too many nutrients so you often get a big initial bloom of algae.

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Martin & Anna Sykes
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