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Posted by Matt from CT on June 28, 2005 at 10:44:48 from (66.181.93.142):
In Reply to: irragation posted by chris sweetland on June 27, 2005 at 16:34:49:
Had a pump for my garden. Quickly learned it used a heck of a lot of fuel for not much really effective water. Right now I use several standard lawn sprinklers off the well & electric pump for the house (big well, I don't have to worry 'bout that!) I'm now starting to put in soaker hose. Next step (next year maybe) will be to rig up a couple barrels. Fill the barrels from the well and/or use the pump again. Let them slowly drain out via the soaker hoses. Some of the soaker hoses have minimum PSI to work with, so I'll have to be careful to make sure the barrels are located high enough, but it's not onerous. 2 acres is a lot...but Gasoline = $2.25/gallon 5/8" Hose @ Ocean State Job Lot = $15/50'. (Factory blemishes, etc...) Couple garbage cans, fittings, etc...$40. Tiny Drill bit and my time = minimal money 200' of garden rows irrigated with a home-made drip hose would take about $100 and half a day I reckon. Could even time how long it takes the barrels to empty and put the garden hose from the house on a cycle of like on 5 minutes every hour to refill them. And I know I'll deliver a lot more usable water than I ever did with a $300 pump sucking a gallon an hour of fuel...and needing three or four hours at a shot to really give the garden a good drink. Granted 2 acres is a lot more area and thus time and hose, and the soaker hoses aren't ideal for everything...
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