Installing a Drip System in the Vegetable Garden

So, I've already established that our vegetable garden has an odd shape. It's basically pizza-shaped. I rather call it native American medicine wheel shaped because every time I use the word pizza I end up dialing the phone for Domino's.

*** call to Domino's pause ***

So, installing a drip system is a lot like playing with Legos but with more cursing.  You get your little pieces and you push them together. Working on a hot day makes the tubing softer to work with but you sweat more.

Drip systems can become expensive but only because every time you run to the hardware store to get a missing piece you need, you end up buying something you don't need but WANT.  Other than that, the system is affordable and runs for years. I spent about $150 in all for a fairly large garden.

It took me a while to decide how to run the main line. I have one-inch drip irrigation pipes going from a faucet (to which I added a pressure compensator and a timer) running all around the outer edge of the circle.





The tubing is hidden in the wood chips that cover the paths. From that pipe, I attached elbows, risers that go into each bed.

From that riser comes another elbow and a straight line of one-inch tubing. From that tubing comes a variety of micro tubing.

I have tiny sprays for the carrots, but for everything else, I either use perforated micro tubing or un-perforated micro tubing with a head at the end.

When I have more time I might add to this post if anyone has questions.