We both enjoy our garden but work means that it can go for weeks with little attention, then we set to it for a few days intensive weeding, planting, pruning and the rest!
Irrigation has always been a problem. It can go for days with none in the middle of hot dry spells and we come home to a sorry sight.
Recently we saw a Hozelock 20 pot irrigation system in a closing down sale at a very good price. We bought it, although we were a bit sceptical that pipe fittings that are just push fit into a roughly punctured hole would be watertight.
But we are amazed att the ease of installation and superb quality of the system. We now have our entire garden 'wired for water' The range of fittings is great - one for every situation. It's not cheap - but we've been picking up what we need on eBay for better prices than the high street. It really does work, and work well - something I'd thoroughly recommend to anyone who may not be at home frequently enough to keep their garden watered.

"Tractorboy" wrote
We both enjoy our garden but work means that it can go for weeks with
little attention, then we set to it for a few days intensive weeding,
planting, pruning and the rest!
Irrigation has always been a problem. It can go for days with none in
the middle of hot dry spells and we come home to a sorry sight.
Recently we saw a Hozelock 20 pot irrigation system in a closing down
sale at a very good price. We bought it, although we were a bit
sceptical that pipe fittings that are just push fit into a roughly
punctured hole would be watertight.
But we are amazed att the ease of installation and superb quality of the
system. We now have our entire garden 'wired for water' The range of
fittings is great - one for every situation. It's not cheap - but we've
been picking up what we need on eBay for better prices than the high
street. It really does work, and work well - something I'd thoroughly
recommend to anyone who may not be at home frequently enough to keep
their garden watered.




We fitted our whole garden with a seep hose which works very well, you just
use the normal Hozelock connectors and "T" pieces.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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On Monday, June 23, 2014 10:47:09 PM UTC+1, Bob Hobden wrote:

We fitted our whole garden with a seep hose which works very well, you just
use the normal Hozelock connectors and "T" pieces.

There are also gadgets to turn the water on when required, some even attempt to compensate for rainfall, or measure soil moistu
http://www.hozelock.com/watering/aut...er-timers.html
http://www.greenhousesensation.co.uk...ter-timer.html
http://www.gardena.com/uk/water-mana...ater-controls/

On 24/06/2014 10:16, wrote:
There are also gadgets to turn the water on when required, some even attempt to compensate for rainfall, or measure soil moistu
http://www.hozelock.com/watering/aut...er-timers.html
http://www.greenhousesensation.co.uk...ter-timer.html
http://www.gardena.com/uk/water-mana...ater-controls/

There are a number of rapsberry-pi based systems. I can't find it now,
but someone in the US does a commercial one which looks like a little
gun - tilt, swivel, aim, squirt. Apparently you can program it to water
each plant individually...

Andy