When I bought my house here in Delaware swamps, it had a buried irrigation system around all the gardens. That he had professionally landscaped, in fact, by Mexicans.
I ripped all attachments to hose faucets right on out. I mean what if I need to put in new gardens, new plantings?
It’s not that the landscaping was bad as done but the guy before me wasn’t much of a gardener. He had a lot of Burning Bushes all around....they’re okay. He had a lilac where there was no sun.
That serviceberry bush above, with the pic of my cardinal, THAT thing was on the wrong side of the porch and was reaching out almost horizontally desperate for sun. I ripped it out and moved it next the garage.
Hey, the cardinals like it and those are my judges.
Understand I’m just ranting here, not much disagreeing that a drip irrigation system isn’t a good thing. It is.
I find one of life’s greatest and most peaceful pleasures is walking my property with the garden hose.
I have a well, may I remind, pay no water bill. I have a septic tank. Even in Delaware’s high water table it works well. We have it pumped every three years.
I am a Backyard Wildlife Habitat Steward and my yard is certified as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat. Which means I plant and plan to attract the birds and such and I do, I say proudly.
As I water I get to admire my growing beauties, I get to consider what to plant here or over there or lately, how to kill the mole without having to watch it suffer.
Keeps me happy.
Jus’ sain’.
As long as you enjoy it then fine. My wife is much like you and spends hours just walking among the flowers sand picking any weed daring to attemp a life in her garden.
As long as you enjoy it then fine. My wife is much like you and spends hours just walking among the flowers sand picking any weed daring to attempt a life in her garden.