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Originally Posted by InglewoodFan
Starting to think I am going go get sucked in and start planting out the vegetable garden soon, going against my strongly held belief in waiting it out until after May long weekend. So if it blizzards in the next couple of weeks, my bad.
Lost 2 big trees this year, so a lot more room suddenly in the back yard. Have started a ton of plants from seed indoors under the grow lights this spring so far, planting plan includes a 4x8' bed, four big planters, probably a dozen pots. I want to rig up a basic drip irrigation system to look after most of it, I've checked out the system Lee Valley sells but does anyone have any recommendations for anything better or cheaper?
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I've looked at that system. I'm thinking something simpler. Just drip tape with a timer.
http://www.irrigationdirect.ca/Drip-Tape/
I probably won't have time this year, but eventually I want a grow bag system that is laid out on my slight hill with plastic underneath. I figure I'll run the drip tape every hour or so for a few minutes. All the unused water will fall back down the hill on the plastic into the main reservoir. Should be fool proof and very low maintenance and very cheap to build. For the grow bags, I'll just use landscape cloth and zip tie them into a bag. I can run a cheap hoop system over top if needed too for warmth on the early and later parts of the season.
http://www.motherofahubbard.com/how-...-a-low-tunnel/