We put careful planning in our rows. Our area is on a slight slope and the rows are deigned to go down hill. We do that for a reason. We shouldn’t have to water a garden around here but with the last couple years being a drought we have learned to improvise. Another reason we chose the spot we did is that there is a nice creek right beside it. That is another reason that the rows have a trench down the middle. We have a small submersible pump, ( $60 at your local hardware store ) that we use about 200 feet of extension cord with and drop it in the shallow creek, plug OUT of the water, with a huge rock keeping it that way. The pump connects to about 200 feet of garden hose whose end is placed at the top of a row. Since it is going up hill it moves slow and slowly drenches the row, taking it’s sweet ole time for a good soak. The pump will not last forever using this way but we can get 2-3 seasons out of it. Worth it for us and better than toting buckets.
putting in rows
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