Automatic Watering System

An automatic watering system is critical for us since all of the well water we pump from over 250 feet in the ground costs us money and the property is so large that moving hoses around is nearly a full-time job.  An automatic system reduces our dependency on well water because it gets water where it needs to go when it needs to go there.  There is no more watering pathways and roads like is inevitable with sprinklers that you might move around.  There is also no mistake of leaving the sprinkler on all night when you intended it to stay on for one hour.  We have nearly five acres of land and about one acre of that is landscaped.  The hose and sprinkler moving is a killer in that context. 

Last summer a good friend of ours, Kent, stayed with us and helped us begin the process of  installing an automatic watering system.  He was here again last week to help us extend a drip line to water a series of potted plants.  This drip line joins drip lines in the 2000 square feet of vegetable garden and the small automatic sprinklers in the orchard and the landscaping.  The only remaining area to be automated is several ornamental beds on the west side of the house as well as an area where we plan to extend our orchard this winter or next.