How to stop dragging hoses all over the yard

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  1. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Getting 5 distinct areas of the front garden watered has meant dragging a really long and heavy duty hose around. I am limited to watering before 10 a.m. or after 7 p.m. Early morning just doesn't happen since I can't be working out there and watering the beds at the same time. So watering would begin at 7 and usually end well after dark.

    So this is what we put up this weekend.

    This is where it all begins..from left to right - hose to post at north corner, hose to soaker hose on north side of front yard, hose to post on south corner, hose to soaker for watering the house foundation.
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    Faucet out front where it all begins ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )

    Post on north corner where water from front faucet is sent to three different places by way of three different hoses...the north Shady bed to a sprinkler, the north sunny bed to a soaker hose and an as yet not installed hose to keep Randy's ground rod for the HAM radio moist for proper usage.
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    Distribution center on north corner of front ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )

    And the southern corner where, for now there is only one hose connected to a sprinkler to water the south end of the front garden. There may be a future need for a second hose/sprinkler connect to it.
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    South distribution center ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )

    It isn't pretty but extremely useful and will make watering the yard so much easier and faster. No More Dragging Hoses out front!!!!
     
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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Toni that looks like a great idea to me. Who cares if it's not the most attractive system as long as it does the job and saves time and energy. I'm sure your garden will appreciate it as much as you do.
     
  4. Jewell

    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Tony, it looks like home. I have three attached to the main, and then splitters on hoses as they go out from there. Short hoses are what I like and sometimes i get a little confused as to where each splitter is heading, but after a few weeks I have it all worked out in my head. Makes summer watering so much easier. Wish the light weight hoses had held up. They were nice but most didn't make it through to the end of summer. Heavy hoses it is but in shorter lengths to reach the spots I want. :-D
     
  5. waretrop

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    My front garden is 140 ft by 40 ft wide. I also, as I have said before, have rolled hoses hanging at random buried just under the ground or in the mulch of the gardens. It stays there all year and we drain the lines for the Winter so it doesn't break the gangs and hoses.

    The best most convenient time saving thing we could have done. I love it.
     

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