Hi Abby, a lot will depend on the amount of organic matter in the gardens too, clay or sand. If you used straw, mulch to lessen water loss. I have very high organic matter but somehow amended my garden that it is considered sandy so water travels through it a bit too fast for me. It started out as clay prairie soil. I used drip last year but felt it wasn't getting the plants like I wanted. I am hand watering but feels it's not a nice slow deep watering. It's year 5 for my raised beds. The community garden I worked on has many leaks and has not addressed them well and now they are very behind on water bill. I am learning about gravity drip irrigation. I like the idea of filling a 5 gallon bucket and being able to walk away. No timer, no waiting for a person hand watering. It's used in Africa with some missionaries and here as well. I saw some good directions at Irrigation Direct I think. They did experiments to help you understand the components. Teresa in CO zone 5b -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20110726/e818aa3f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org
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