This weekend my friend Sheldon and I installed a drip irrigation system across the entire garden. I'd ordered one from
Dripworks and we managed to get the entire system set up in a few (long) hours. Fortunately Sheldon had actually done this a few times before so things went a lot quicker than they would have otherwise. I'm pretty darn pleased with how it all went (and very indebted to Sheldon for his expertise and labor).
And have a look at my first tomatoes. These will be a yellow cherry tomato so they should be ready in just a week or two (max). We've also got zukes and squash growing, flowers blooming and the start of a pumpkin (assuming this female blossom blooms and manages to get fertilized).
This weekend my friend Sheldon and I installed a drip irrigation system across the entire garden. I'd ordered one from Dripworks and we managed to get the entire system set up in a few (long) hours. Fortunately Sheldon had actually done this a few times before so things went a lot quicker than they would have otherwise. I'm pretty darn pleased with how it all went (and very indebted to Sheldon for his expertise and labor).
And have a look at my first tomatoes. These will be a yellow cherry tomato so they should be ready in just a week or two (max). We've also got zukes and squash growing, flowers blooming and the start of a pumpkin (assuming this female blossom blooms and manages to get fertilized).
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I keep threatening to install drip irrigation, but then I'd miss my evenings watering with the bats circling over my head; catching mosquitoes.
Which of course wouldn't work for me as I'm not there most evenings. My primary reservation about the system is that I'm planning on keeping it down year-round and tilling is going to be a challenge.
Do you think the system will be okay over the winter? I've only had drip irrigation down in Florida and I'm a newbie (3) years to snow in general.
BTW, I showed your bear pictures to my cousin who has a farm nearby and he showed me his bear pictures as well, a sow with two cubs that wanders the neighborhood and likes to hang out in everyone's yards.
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