project vegetable garden

[mr.mindless]

that's a fact. which may mean overall pitch is important so you can have an easy and effective low point drain

[M4wdFab]

300 gals of water on the buggy roof would be fine right?  asking for a friend. 

[mr.mindless]

Only either with seatbelts in use or an unstrapped tote.

Your springs may hate you

[M4wdFab]

lol i did put my harness on after about moving 15 feet.  felt like wheeling a narrow track CJ5 on 35s. yes well strapped to car.  i filled it about 3/4 full which was more than enough water for a good soaking on the 25'x50' plot

some how lost a bead on a rear tire, that didnt help my journey.  i need to make a winch powered lifting mech for the head to account for slope on the land, or make the wand a full 30 feet and supported better just watering one dirrection.  IBC valve right over my right shoulder worked great. 

[mr.mindless]

That’s really silly and absolutely great

[M4wdFab]

i was so hot and over heated from the operation i loved the fact that it leaked all over my head and soaked my tee shirt. 

sitting now im still enjoying a damp tee shirt lol

[M4wdFab]

any bets if this will pull 325' of line down to my garden? 

gona try tomorrow after the good soaking the lawn got today.

[KingtheZJ]

You’re not that deep. Pull it in 100’ sections and dig the ends to connect? I feel like it’s going to start stretching with that much resistance. Good call in the wet.

[M4wdFab]

almost made the full 325, i think it was my fault.  in on section i went way too deep and it got tight.   just broke a few times right at the tractor. only lost about 3' of pipe. 

wasnt happy with depth though driveway so did some digging then decided to put the line inside conduit.  its about 5" below grade in 40' of conduit.  meh. 


made water down at the garden!

[M4wdFab]

watered the garden last night  with a makeshift pex hose.  2nd 500' role and 6" staples should be here later this week to set up irrigation lines

[M4wdFab]

four 50' rows of sweet corn planted last night

[luvmyxj]

are you just using your town water or you setting something up taking advantage of the barn roof and rain barrels

[M4wdFab]

putting up 160' of gutter sounds like a lot of work 25-28' up, not sure anything off the little garage would help.


ripped a 325' long line from house right now down to garden.... i guess when the water bill comes ill evaluate. 

[M4wdFab]

 Commodity Charge per 1000 gallons: $3.38


based on the time it took to fill 2/3 a 300 gallon tote, id say im using less than 1000 gals of water a week extra.   i can live with that for now. 

[etk300ex]

I am shocked how fast my (2) 55g drums fill off of my garage roof