Drip Irrigation for the Garden
Rain Bird Expansion Kit |
I installed a Rain Bird system. It runs from the house and down the hill winding around in two rose gardens and a perennial bed. The total system ran me about $175.00 to install and I still have extra lines and parts to install into other planting areas in the future. I purchased my system online with 250 feet of 1/2 inch tubing and two expansion kits. The expansion kits included 250 feet of 1/4 tubing, faucet adapters, tees, assorted sizes in emitters, tubing stakes, bug guards and a installation tool.
The containers comes with lots of parts for installation and repair and all organized in a nice bucket. |
Rain Bird 1/4 tubing stakes with bug guards. |
The main line is attached to my faucet. I could add a timer in the future. |
You can see in the photo the main line and the 1/4 inch line running to each rose bush.
The blue piece is an emitter that regulates the amount of water each plant will receive.
At the end of the 1/4 line is a stake that keeps the bug guard up off the ground. The bug guard is on the very tip where the water will drip out.
I really like the system and it waters a very large part of my garden. The nice part about it is that I do not waste water on parts of the ground where I do not have plants growing. The water goes where it is needed and I can save money that way.
Happy Gardening,
Debbie
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