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Rain Gauge In Garden
"brooklyn1" wrote in message
... On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:51:53 -0800, "Lelandite" wrote: I think a decent rain gauge would be a very useful gardening tool. I plan to put one right where my irrigation system (soaker hoses) begin. With the rain gauge, I can keep a log of the rain we get each week and determine how long to water my vegetables using the soaker hoses. I'd like to see my garden have between 1" to 1 1/2" of water a week. I not a very experienced gardener but I want to try and do it the right way. I been putting a lot of money into equipment and doing all the research I can on every aspect of home vegetable gardening. My neighbors on both sides of my property also have vegetable gardens BUT they are unwilling to invest hardly any money or time in their gardens. It sure does have a negative effect on the crops they grow! I had the one neighbor coming over to my house last summer asking if he could buy a few tomatoes from me. He put out a dozen tomato plants of his own for just him and his wife. I said: NO, you can't buy any but just help yourself to all you want! I'm a very firm believer that you only get out of anything in life what your willing to invest in it. If your going to have a garden, then invest time and money in it and do it the right way. I'm in this fine discuss group because I'm quite new to gardening but I want to learn from others and enjoy getting their opinions on all aspects of gardening Thanks for sharing your experience with soaker hoses. Happy Gardening............ Rich I like this a lot. \ Bill Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA I truly liked this post as well and am now going to purchase a good rain gauge. The lay out of my yard/gardens requires sprinklers. In the past I have tried to visually decide how much was enough. With a gauge, I'll know exactly how much water my yard n flower n berry beds are gettting. Automatic sprinklers are on a timer (a timer is what makes them automatic), don't need any stinkin' rain gauge... Rain gauges aren't only used for figuring out how often to water a garden. In fact I'd say that I've never known any gardner round here who uses their rrain gauge in determing how often they water their garden beds. We use a rain guage to record rainfall so that we have accurate annual records for if/when we sell our farms. Buyers ask for that sort of information because it determines grazing. Additionally we also like to know how we're going in terms of rainfall by seasons and to compare it to long term averages. I think there is more benefit in knowing if you've had a dry or wet some over time so that you can figure out why particular crops did well or not so well. Artifical watering is also not the equivalent of rainfall in terms of production so knowing what fell from the sky as opposed to knowing what came from a tap is also part of that do well/rotten yield scenario. |
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Rain Gauge In Garden
FarmI wrote:
Rain gauges aren't only used for figuring out how often to water a garden. In fact I'd say that I've never known any gardner round here who uses their rrain gauge in determing how often they water their garden beds. We use a rain guage to record rainfall so that we have accurate annual records for if/when we sell our farms. Buyers ask for that sort of information because it determines grazing. Additionally we also like to know how we're going in terms of rainfall by seasons and to compare it to long term averages. I think there is more benefit in knowing if you've had a dry or wet some over time so that you can figure out why particular crops did well or not so well. Artifical watering is also not the equivalent of rainfall in terms of production so knowing what fell from the sky as opposed to knowing what came from a tap is also part of that do well/rotten yield scenario. Besides if you know how much rain fell last night you always have something to say when you meet strangers. D |
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Rain Gauge In Garden
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
... FarmI wrote: Rain gauges aren't only used for figuring out how often to water a garden. In fact I'd say that I've never known any gardner round here who uses their rrain gauge in determing how often they water their garden beds. We use a rain guage to record rainfall so that we have accurate annual records for if/when we sell our farms. Buyers ask for that sort of information because it determines grazing. Additionally we also like to know how we're going in terms of rainfall by seasons and to compare it to long term averages. I think there is more benefit in knowing if you've had a dry or wet some over time so that you can figure out why particular crops did well or not so well. Artifical watering is also not the equivalent of rainfall in terms of production so knowing what fell from the sky as opposed to knowing what came from a tap is also part of that do well/rotten yield scenario. Besides if you know how much rain fell last night you always have something to say when you meet strangers. Heavens no - strangers are only interesting for an out of district perspective! Any drop of rain is always the first point of discussion with friends and aquaintances in the village. As you'd know given the intermittent rainfall we've been subject to these past years, everyone wants to know how they scored in the rainfall lottery. Even half a km in ground distance can mean a huge difference in the amount that arrives on the soil and we're in a rural cattle/sheep/horse area so you would understand the fascination. |
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