garden : watering

When it comes to watering the garden, we have a few ways we do it.

First we go the old fashioned way. The hose.

we divided and planted several golden raspberry bushes along the back fence. It’s crazy arid there and gets no water but what the rain sends our way and what David does with the hose. The raspberries have been loving it. Hopefully they’ll serve as a blockade against the grasshopper infested field we butt up against all along our back fence.

Method 2 : Drip Systems

D and I hate seeing water go to waste, especially in our arid part of the nation. A few years back he put a drip system in place for the beds, etc. It’s been remarkably efficient and flexible.

Each year we just modify the system to fit the plants’ needs and the layout of the beds and the plants.

David has them on a timer which hooks up directly out of the hose bib. So no really tricky technology needed here.

Then each bed has different water dispersion methods based on what they require. From drip lines like the ones you see above, to soaker hoses, to little mini sprinklers (which have a more technical name but I can’t think of it right now…)

micro sprinklers…

We also have a conventional sprinkler system for the rest of the yard. It’s handy but not nearly as efficient as the drip system.