"len gardener" wrote in message
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g'day amy lou,

we don't store it we find that to hold it for any period it degrades
and this also causes sludgy stuff to clog things up,

That's interesting. I was told that it is better for the environment if it
is allowed to degrade. But, yes, the sludgy stuff is a problem.

but basically we
just run it direct through 1/2" hose just stuck under the mulch and
move it as regular as needed. we don't do any filtering and on the odd
occassion the hose stops running i just force water back up it to
clear it then it's right for yonks until the next time at least.

Yeah, I have done this in the past. I am hoping to find a more automatic and
less time consuming system though.

My other option is to continue to use the soaker hose and to install a
filter at the tap end.

What I really should do is forget summer vegetables and just grow winter
vegetables when there is plenty of fresh rainwater around.

Thanks.

Amy