I use this drip irrigation system with soaker hoses in my raised vegetable beds, its easy to build and works great. Watch and Learn how to make a drip irrigation system.
you can also watch our video about building a drip irrigation system for a rooftop container garden here
Kris from Hamden, CT
January 27, 2011
Hi Eric,
I found Garden Fork a couple weeks ago and am quickly becoming an addict! Seriously, my Boss hears the intro music to your videos and calls from the next office, “you’re watching that guy AGAIN.” (it’s a family business so I get away with a lot) So now I’ll get to the point – I have a question…
Before I attempt to mimic your ‘hard-wire’ system on my soaker-hose I’d like to make sure it will solve my problem. I have the same exact set-up, a garden hose I buried the same way going 200 ft up a slight incline to my 4 raised beds(it’s the only place that gets enough sun). The problem is when I attempted to attach a soaker-hose and snake it around all 4 beds the 1st was waterlogged and the 4th was a desert. Does your copper connection system rectify this? If not do you have any suggestions? (I checked the obvious and the hoses aren’t clogged but the water doesn’t come out evenly over the 75 feet of hose.)
Thanx,
You’re latest GF addict
Eric Gunnar Rochow
January 29, 2011
Hi Kris, i’ll have to answer this in a new post , my beds are under snow right now, mbe i can find some picts to explain. thx, eri c
Mary Speecie
January 26, 2012
Eric, I just found your site. What happened to part 2 of the drip irrigation soaker hoses? Mary