{"id":147,"date":"2013-04-20T20:52:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T03:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2022-11-21T13:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T21:54:05","slug":"garden-irrigation-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/2013\/04\/20\/garden-irrigation-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden, Irrigation Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we first moved in to this house, the back garden irrigation was handled by a single drip hose wound through all the beds. \u00a0This hose started at the water spigot, went under the first bed edge, up into the bed, looped around in the bed, went back underground, then back up into the next bed. \u00a0This continued for all four beds.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-147 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/2013\/04\/20\/garden-irrigation-edition\/imag0005\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMAG0005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This setup had a few problems. \u00a0First, one of the hoses was severely degraded from laying in the sun so long. \u00a0Second, the single hose nature of the setup meant the decayed section was nearly impossible to replace. \u00a0I tried, but was unable to make the setup not leak. \u00a0Finally, the spray wasn&#8217;t directed in any form, wasting a lot of water.<\/p>\n<p>So, we replaced the setup with a more directed irrigation system. \u00a0First, Matt dug from the spigot, alongside one bed, into the center between all the beds, then up into each one. \u00a0He ran irrigation line up into each bed from this center line, through the holes into each bed.<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-147 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/2013\/04\/20\/garden-irrigation-edition\/imag0003\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMAG0003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/2013\/04\/20\/garden-irrigation-edition\/imag0004\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMAG0004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/2013\/04\/20\/garden-irrigation-edition\/imag0009\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMAG0009-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/2013\/04\/20\/garden-irrigation-edition\/imag0007\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMAG0007-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Once we had the center lines in, we were able to easily connect more hose, loop it about the bed based on the locations of the plants we&#8217;d already put in, and then put in smaller hoses and drippers to reach each plant. \u00a0We also used elbows where we wanted more exact turns.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-147 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/2013\/04\/20\/garden-irrigation-edition\/imag0021\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMAG0021-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bornski.com\/maria\/blog\/2013\/04\/20\/garden-irrigation-edition\/imag0020\/'><img 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