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Tag: drip irrigation

Posted on February 25, 2021February 18, 2021

Low pressure sprinklers for the drippers

Drippers are great at targeting the water needs of individual plants but the soil and mulch in between can easy dry out. Sprinklers on the hose is the obvious answer but that requires extra pressure, so you can't run the drippers at the same time.

Posted on February 15, 2021February 16, 2021

A new manifold for the venturi and low pressure sprinklers.

A couple of taps tweaks the irrigation nicely.

Posted on December 16, 2019December 17, 2019

Last month in Ligaya Garden Nov/Dec 2019

The weekly updates were proving a bit tricky, so I've opted to do a bigger, monthly update from now on... All of the posts will be listed here on this page for your elucidation and convenience. Catching up The entrance is much more open and inviting Things got a bit out of whack in the …

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Posted on October 25, 2019November 16, 2019

Down on water

It's a joy to see our water use dropping. It means a smaller footprint, less expenses. We don't compromise on our lifestyle though.

Posted on October 14, 2019November 16, 2019

Last week in Ligaya Garden #10

This week was about plumbing and outdoor power points. We appeared in Grass Roots for the 4th time and started learning Linux and Java

Posted on October 22, 2017October 22, 2017

Click! and we’re done.

  With one final 'Click!' the irrigation system for the front garden is complete! We have a drip irrigation system in place that runs primarily from the two rainwater tanks in the front garden. That gives us 1750 litres to play with. They are connected to the tanks at the back of the house too …

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