"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in message
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I had the bright idea of putting some shrub bubblers through my garden for
water. Problem - my well can't put enough volume to run more then 4 of
these at a time. I use a well to water the garden, so I can't really use a
drip system that runs for hours at a time - I need to turn on the pump,
water, and turn the pump off. I thought of sprinklers, but for tomatoes and
corn they don't work because I have no way to put the sprinkler head 5 or 6
feet up. But with a low volume pump, I either use some sort of sprinkler
system, or I spend an hour or so watering by hand.. My well can run 3
impact sprinklers at about 20 psi, and that actually works well for stuff
that doesn't get very tall. I've thought of just figuring out how to put
them high enough to get the corn and tomatoes. So...any suggestions? What
is a good way to water with a (relatively) low volume pump? Oh, and the
soil here is such that water just soaks in. I grow my stuff in beds, but I
can't flood the bed because the water drains into the soil too fast.

Why not acquire a holding tank/container of suitable volume, elevate it to
assure adequate water pressure, and pump the water into the tank/container?
Then when the tank/container is full or nearly so, turn off pump.
Tank/container volume should be such as to support minimally one watering
cycle.