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Things are getting dry here too. I did a deep watering last night and today, am looking at small drip systems. Did a bunch of mowing and double mowed some spots while shooting the grass/leaves into windrows of sorts. Going to rake the stuff up to use as mulch for the little garden. Mulch saved me last year but it was still time consuming spot watering with a trickling hose.

Complete kit with pressure regulator and screen/mesh filter. Will do 100 foot of row(up to rows) and costs $60. Comes with five shut offs in case a row or two are harvested and no longer need to be watered etc. I have three rows and a couple of raise beds so this will be perfect.

I'll be able to sit in the air conditioning while watering instead of standing out in the heat moving the hose every few minutes. Since we don't have a well and rely on water tanks, the least amount of water used, the better. Mulch + drip is the ticket. An RV pump gives us water pressure for the house so I'm going to get a small RV pump to run the drip system. I already have 12 volt power out there.

And YES. Let those ticks die of thirst.

Just looked at the forecast and in a few days, it will hit 90. Looks like an early hot dry summer again. According to tracking, my shade cloth is 30 miles away but tomorrow's a holiday so it should get here Tuesday.

Thinking about getting one of these too. Also $60 which is about what I'd pay for just a pump.

Plumb the pump for hose end fittings and I can use it to pump from the house water tank for drip watering and swap to the small tank for liquid fertilizing through the drip system. Little calcium and potassium for flowering/fruiting stage. It's 15 gallons and I have 16 pepper/mater plants.

Might need two of them because I've been wanting one for my little tractor anyway and then I'd have one for water and organic nutrients and have one for nasty chemicals.

This tank is 34" long and the outer edges of the back of fenders on the little tractor are 35" apart so it would sit pretty right behind the seat.

Would be nice on occasion to spot spray an area with Permethrin where I'm going to be working the next day. Perimeter fence work etc. Go spray a fruit tree before the Japanese beetles eat it. Water in a tree with the clean tank.

I’m one that does not mind hand/hose watering. That way I can keep a close eye on my ‘charges’ to see if they need anything at any given moment.

It gives me time to talk to them and encourage them to grow, LOL!

I can also look for the first signs of pests or disease.

It also helps that I’m an Early Riser and the sun doesn’t hit the bulk of my garden until about 11 am. ;) (It still gets a full 9 hours pf sun during the growing season.)