In article , Emrys Davies
wrote:

"Kroma" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a very dry flower bed along the front of my house as it is
shielded
by part of my roof.
I'm planning to put a water butt at the corner of the house and run a
hose
from it as an overflow. I am hoping to 'drill' some holes along the
length
of the hose and lay this along the aforementioned dry flower bed.
Would
this then irrigate my flower bed as I hope (as long as the water butt
is
full).

Any tips or ideas gratefully received.

I do not think that it will work simply because the force of water will
not be sufficient for it to percolate effectively along the length of
hosepipe. Hopefully I am wrong.

It will work if the butt is high enough. Failing that, it will
definitely work with a water butt pump, eg
http://www.garden4less.co.uk/water-butt-pump.asp