How To Install a Drip Irrigation Sprinkler System In Your Garden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- No more hand watering your garden beds. How To Install a Drip Irrigation Sprinkler System In Your Garden #homestead #garden #dripirrigation
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Fozzy is a good supervisor. 😂
Yeah he’s such a good boy 🐱
Ah, the 'help' of a cat, lol! Clearly it was Fozzy's turn to supervise the human at his work today! :D
@@Setch4579 oh YES!!! 👏
Beautifully done!!!Thank you so much for your videos. I love them all. ❤❤❤❤
I love how olive and fozzy are trying to help!! 😂 You always make everything look easy !!
Aww thanks 😊
Glad Fozzy and Olive were there to help!
@@NewEnglanderfrvr I couldn’t have done it without them 😝
Good morning From Colorado, USA. What a great way to start my day! I love how much Fozzy loves you, it always warms my heart to see him seek you out for loving. I will most likely never have a set up like you and your wife, so it is so wonderful to live vicariously through you both. I hope you have a wonderful week!
Yeah he’s very good in that regard. He literally never wanders far unlike the other cats.
He is a sweetheart.
So good to see Fozzy
Great job explaining, Chad!
Great video. This is a really good system. You had some super helpers too. 😊
Your so cleaver in everything you do.. and fozzy what a cutie bug 😻
Yup he’s so curious whenever I’m doing something ☺️
Great visualisation and very explanatory.Thank you for sharing. Love and Blessings. Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
Thank you kindly
@@HiddenSpringFarm 👍
Fozzy is the cutest little helper! What a great video as always! ❤
Yeah he’s so cool, once I started turning the water on he disappeared pretty quick 😂
I love your animals so much!
What a terrific video explaining how reasonable this system is to install. A game changer, even though I love hand watering sometimes. Jungleman Fozzy and Sweet Pea Olive were making sure everything was being done correctly without getting in the way 🤣😂. I love how the Foz plopped down at your feet so that you could provide shade😉. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a 7ft watering head nearby so that you could pop under periodically to cool down as well😜? I’ve seen misting tubing sold online which is set along the eaves to cool chickens and animals that would work well for humans. It was hilarious watching cows close their eyes and turn their faces towards the mist and then lying underneath for a cooling sleep 🐮! Have a most beautiful week at the most amazing place to be❣
@@leonafaryna7617 it was a fun productive day all right 😁
It is a beautiful garden!!!!👍👍👍
@@DJ-bd9sf aww thanks, it’s been a labour of love 😉
🙏❤️ Love from Scotland ❤️🙏
@@Captain-Donut 😁
Good morning Chad, Ms. Olive, Fozzy Bear. Just got home from work and having my cup of coffee and watching my fav farm . I will never have a farm like you and Darlin but oh how I luv watching your success. You are so smart and entertaining. The animals just warm my heart every week. I truly look forward to each and every video. Once again, thank you so much for sharing your life at the farm with all of us. Until next time, have a fun week and my Felix says MEOW to Fozzy Bear and Ms. Olive.
@@janetclark6867 Fozzy was so funny during the filming of today’s episode I feel obligated to include him. He’s so cool 🐱
Beautiful garden and kitties 🐱
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❤ Love watching your videos. Love watching your furry friends too.
Nice! 😊
Hi Chad!
(My first two attempts at this comment probably got removed since it had a link in it, otherwise sorry for spamming!)
Just a quick tip for equalizing pressure throughout your system. At 17:00 I spotted you have ‘dead ends’ in your main water line. If you loop these ends back into the main line by connecting them together, you create what is called a ring line or a closed loop. This redirects all water unto itself, thus giving equal pressure no matter how far away from the spigot.
I’ve worked a lot with these systems in greenwalls and micro farming and it was a real game changer for me. It needs a bit more hose, but makes up in durability of parts and probably also water usage.
Felt as my way of giving back for all your inspiring content!
Best regards from the Netherlands, Erik
@@ea5917 that’s a good tip, I’ll maybe try that on the other side of the garden. So far it’s working just fine. I’m glad I’ve done it.
Good afternoon from England. What a joyful content to watch during my lunch break!! It’s such a clever system you have created. Aww Frozzy tried to help 😻😻
Nice!
I always wondered how these systems work-great explanation. Love the drone view of your garden and pond-must be satisfying to see the results of hard work and planning!
Yup! And as a bonus should help make us more efficient with our time.
Wow this was more extensive thanthe duck pond . Very intrikite .butcyou got it .😮😅😊
Fosy loves being by you .😺
Yes it took some time 😁
Loving the Fozzy bear!
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Fozzy ❤ “What are we doing today dad?”
@@thatonepersonoflove exactly he always wants to investigate 😂
10:15 - Fozzy is helping you! :)
And I read somewhere that cats use their "baby voice" with us (so, no "crying") :)
Haha it depends where I am, if he doesn’t know where I am he wails and wails then I’ll call him and he slowly comes and doesn’t whine if he’s with me. Sometimes it’s just a little peep though as if he’s whispering to me
I love how green everything is, amazing that is almost August already and fall foliage season is not far.
So fast eh, I feel like we just came out of winter 😂
@@HiddenSpringFarm Yeah short summer for sure
I have seen it done by a drip but that went to individual pots with plants in them. I have never seen the mini sprinkler type. nice
Love Fozzy and Olive❤
We make a great team 😆
Very interesting stuff! Glad to see your cats keeping an eye out for you.
Yes Fozzy loves to supervise 😂
Oh wow very interesting and informative thanks and well done 😊
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Chad, that is nice. That way you won't have to water your stuff. That will take some work from you. Fozzy and Olive love to be with you. I laughed when Fozzy kept rubbing on you while you was trying to work. I have a cat that does the same thing, because she wants her treats. Have a good day. ❤😊
@@cathymcgee1674 Fozzy’s one of my best buds, he always cries when he doesn’t see me then I call out “Fozzzzzy!!!” And he’ll slowly meander to where I am. He’s such a good boy 🐈
Hey Chad 😊. From Alberta. Thank you for the video! Your video closeups are brilliant. Your explanations are clear and easy to follow. The music is inspirational, and look at Fozzy! He is Mr. Love Muffin today. I think you made him pull a full 180 on his "people" reservations! Thank you for the smile today.
This kind of video is great to get views over several years due to the searchable title, I hope it does and helps people cause this drip irrigation is scary for some people to attempt.
Fozzie Bear loves his dad.
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Good video thanks sir.
@@JohnDoe-np3zk right on! 🤙
Stretching the black water line out in the sun will help take out the memory. Keep it tight. That 1/4 inch final line has a version that is a dripper line with laser cut weep holes coming out of it.
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Nice! 😊
Great video. I want to add that unfortunately not all 1/2 line is 1/2 in. Apparently there are three sold as 1/2” but some are inside diameter, outside diameter, etc. I tried setting up a main line and used barbed couplings. When I turned the water on the line popped right off the Barb end. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. I still have more learning to do. I like your presentation very detailed without being overly verbose 🤓
@@lesliebehrens7252 oh really eh I’ve never experienced that. If it’s any help the brand name of the 1/2” tubing I use is “Rainbird” and it works great and is only about $25 for 100’.
Chad… greetings from warm Southern California. I have over 500’ of half-inch hose on my system and there are a couple of lessons learned I’d like to share. The variable drippers have a limit. What is your water-flow limit? Get a five gallon bucket and see how long it takes to fill up. With a black Sharpie, divide the five gallon bucket into five equal parts (representing one gallon levels). Turn on the water hose and with a stop watch, clock how long it takes to fill up your bucket. If your bucket fills in 15 seconds, your maximum flow is 5 gallons/0.25min or 20 gallons per minute (or 1,200 gallons per hour (GPH), etc. now for the drippers let’s say you have two revolutions of adjustment to work with. Divide the adjustment into 90° arcs. Test the flow in a five gallon bucket for each 90° adjustment. Make a chart: 1st 90° adjustment (opened from complete shutoff), let’s say it fills one gallon in 5 minutes or 12 gallons/hour (12 GPH). Pro-rate your system to allow for at least 33-50% redundancy (future expansion). Calibrate one dripping using the 90° arc reference and adjust system so all your drippers do not use more than 50-75% of your maximum flow. If your maximum water flow is 1,200 GPH, use a maximum 900 GPH. If you have 100 drippers, then adjust each dropper to no more than 9 GPH or about 0.15 GPM per dripper. After you figure how many times you should water per day (if you have great drainage), you will need to water more often and with less water for each watering. Hot days over 30°C maybe water everyday. Days with 20-29°C, water every two days, 10-19°C every three days? Also at the ends of the half-inch hose you will need to manually drain the water before the freezing season so your drip system doesn’t explode from the freeze. Hope you learn from my lessons learned. Love ❤ your channel!
That sounds all very mathy 😉 you must have loads of experience to figure all that out eh, 500’ is a lot I ordered 400’ to start I wonder how far that’ll get me. We do have lots of pressure though at the hydrant water gushes out but I’ve never calculated the flow limit. I don’t think the average joe would be doing all those calcs though, right. Luckily for us our property is at a slight incline so I had hoped once I disconnect the main lines they’ll just drain by gravity. What are your thoughts on that? Have you noticed water stays in the lines? Appreciate the info though, it’s a great to know. I’ll do a flow test like that one day as it would be interesting to know. Cheers 🍻
Chad… my water pressure is about 100psi and with pressure compensators, I still have lots of expansion room for more drippers. The reason for measuring the output of my variable drippers was so I could control my overall water usage. The nice thing about drip irrigation systems is that if you don’t have the water pressure, you can always increase the watering time. On my 500’ drip system, I attached a 50’ 3/4” watering hose to buffer the water pressure issue. Enjoying your videos as they are very relaxing to watch. Regarding your sawmill cooling hose mishap, m surprised the manufacturer doesn’t use silicone rubber cooling hoses, yes more money, but won’t melt from the saw mill heat sunk.
Morning Chad. I tried gardening once. It did not go well. How did you do it way back then before you got the farm?
Lots of trial & error 😉
Hello from Texas!😁 One speed fozzy is too cute! Also, what do you use to edit your videos? Thanks and have a wonderful day!
I use Final Cut Pro, I like it cause it’s made by Apple and works well with my Mac. Also it’s easy to use and you just buy it outright unlike some other software that there are monthly or yearly fees and licences.
with the hose running on top of the weed mat, here in Australia it gets that hot you would be putting boiling water on your plants, I wonder if you split a pool noodle and pop it over the exposed hose would it work to keep them cooler
while that would be an issue if you were watering mid day but I set my timers for overnite so it's not an issue. In the hot sun it does in fact get very hot.
Whether you’re working on your laptop or laying out a drip system, cats love to “help!”
YES!!! So true!
Will you need to take the system apart and store in winter?
Definitely will need to be drained. Not a necessity to disassemble but a good idea at least the sprinklers anyway.
how long do you have the water on for each day?
@@debgrouette6885so far I have the water on for an hour divided into two lines so 30 mins per line, I’m finding that 30 mins for 8 beds gives it a good soaking.
Q: How many sprinklers can a Hidden Spring sprinkler sprinkle at the Hidden Spring Farm Spring Sprinkler setup?
@@elliotdavies3555 haha YES!!! 😂