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[Nate]

Garden is 90% planted, have a little time before we can put the peppers in the ground.

I got my soaker system all hooked up and have come to find out that a certin crappy brand of soaker hose is a huge waste of money..... 

6 of the hoses i got all have huge holes in them and spray the water everywhere.  I tried to patch the holes but that was pointless.

[Flyin6]

Really nice!

[Farmer Jon]

Haven't even started ours yet.

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[Sammconn]

Mines still under snow...

Some seeds planted at home.

[Nate]

friday 1 apr 22, i got my garden tilled and ready for planting.  i will start planting in about 2 weeks.

saturday 2 apr 22, i built the new front gate/fence.  i built it out of pvc to keep it light, and i can now swing it completely open for when i have to get my little orange tractor in there.

sunday 3 apr 22, i got the fence secured to the pvc and everything put back together.  the fence has done an awesome job keeping animals out of the garden.  but i did have 2 little bunnies that got caught in there some how last year and had to deal with them.

[Farmer Jon]

By deal with them do you mean you made soup?

[TexasRedNeck]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rain-Bird-1-2-in-x-50-ft-Emitter-Tubing-Coil-ET63918-50/203826805?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&&mtc=Shopping-BF-F_D26P-G-D26P-026_006_IRRIGATION-NA-NA-NA-SMART-NA-NA-New_Engen&cm_mmc=Shopping-BF-F_D26P-G-D26P-026_006_IRRIGATION-NA-NA-NA-SMART-NA-NA-New_Engen-71700000081569464-58700006932068301-92700062338492241&gbraid=0AAAAADq61UevXTXJN10ayODf93wFzYqv8&gbraid=0AAAAADq61UevXTXJN10ayODf93wFzYqv8&gclid=CjwKCAjwrqqSBhBbEiwAlQeqGkg9g8LO_8Pj4l05ZrzhgrXzSzbfti_V1Qq7ClAfeAxRGBr4SFZnPBoCMxAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Here’s what I use Nate. Connect to pressure regulator and filter. Works great.


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[Nate]

By deal with them do you mean you made soup?

to small for that. i am not a big fan of hasenpfeffer. 

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Here’s what I use Nate. Connect to pressure regulator and filter. Works great.

yeah i tried a soaker hose set up last year and it just didnt do good at all. i know i have a pressure issue.  I will give this idea some thought.

I do not have a hydrant out there, so i am having to run roughly 200' of hose from the house just to get to the garden. i have several issues with the water system for the home, 1. the system was not designed well, 2. the well pump is way under powered, 3. the pump is over 20 years old and will be failing soon, 4. even though i have a new pressure tank, it can only do so much with the amount of water that it is feed from the old pump.

[Flyin6]

Nate,

I think you'll need an additional pump.

I have a 15 zone water sprinkling system for my home. To make it run, we tapped directly into the 3/4" line entering the home, then ran that to a pump. From there it is pumped anywhere upwards to 200+ feet to some zones. Without the pump it will hardly push up the watering heads, but with it all the heads in any zone are spraying water 20-30 feet or more.

Just a FYI.

And on my system I put easy detachable fittings either side of the pump. In the fall, I take the pump out and screw a fitting on that I then pump vegetable oil and WD40 in under air pressure from the compressor

Just an (expensive) idea

[Bob Smith]

Good idea to add a pump. Just be sure it isn’t rated to pump more water than is available through the line.

[Flyin6]

Good idea to add a pump. Just be sure it isn’t rated to pump more water than is available through the line.

I'm fortunate to be in the first neighborhood, if you can call this place a neighborhood, down stream from the water tower. I have 70 psi all the time