0re0

I've been growing for over 15 years, not on a huge scale, just for recreational purposes and usage. I grow outdoors in a rural part of South Carolina. I got tired of walking and making trails to my grow areas so I thought of this method about 8 years ago. I made it and it is still operational today!

1 - creek/stream (Natural Flowing Spring)
1 - 50 Gallon Rain Barrel
1 - Outdoor Faucet
3 to 4 - Brass T-Connectors
200 ft of Garden Hose
100 ft of Black Rubber Hose

All of this material cost me $150.00

1.) I placed my plants down hill from a nearby free flowing stream
2.) I ran 200 foot of Garden Hose downhill from stream to my Outdoor Faucet
3.) Then ran from Outdoor Faucet to my 50 Gal Rain Barrel.
3.) I then ran an additional 50 foot of black tubing from rain barrel faucet.
4.) I used 1 Brass T-Connector and spliced off into 2 lines.
5.) I then spliced from 2 lines into 4 lines.
6.) I then spliced from 4 lines into 8 lines of tubing.
7.) I placed the tubing ends into the soil of my growing pots


My Theory:
As long as Rain Barrel is full it will constantly feed plants the water when its needed. When rain barrel gets low on water I just turn the Outdoor Faucet on, allowing the stream water to run freely down hill through the garden hose to refill the rain barrel. Once its filled I then turn faucet off and its good for at least another 2 weeks of unmonitored growing/watering.

Not only does this work for me since I have a busy schedule, but it also keeps the trails from being too worn down. Chances are, if someone notices a worn trail they will follow it. And if they do they will find your garden.

So this watering setup that I made works perfectly for me in two aspects mentioned above. Sorry no pics, but I just wanted to shed some light on my irrigation setup, not show it off to everyone. Maybe this will help get your engineering wheels spinning

fo.rrest

ever had animal problems with them biting into your hoses and lines??

0re0

The first year I did but after the first year I buried the garden hose and the black tubing as well. Now the only hose exposed to the elements is my feeder hoses coming from the ground into my buckets, and I even used brass connectors to splice them in coming out of the ground. Now the only hose they can bite is the feeder hoses, and if they do I just add a new 3 ft. hose to the brass connector and run it up my bucket and its as good as new.

Over the years I have modified things to combat the animals and weather. It still not perfect, but its close. If they mess with my feeder hoses this year I may consider using the wire mesh braided hoses for them.

fo.rrest

how deep are barring cause i gotta do a troop movement on my really deap bush grow cause the animals are just Fin me over every week more and more hose needing to be replace or fixed. im just gonna bring em down to my barbwired one where the animals tend to not do much. and its not as deep bush

0re0

I did not measure the depth of the trenches that I dug, but I assume that they are at least 1 & 1/2 ft deep or deeper.

I'm not sure how well this may work or how long it will last but I know animals hate pepper spray, as in the self defense pepper spray. They hate black pepper as well.

Not sure if it is true with animals like rabbits, squirrels, racoons and other small game, but I know for a fact that deer will not enter an area where human waste is at. Now I'm not telling you to squat in the woods, but try urinating around the perimeter of your growing area.
It may sound absurd, but its worth a shot.

fo.rrest

tryed that i peed in a 2 liter till it was full then dumped it the hole lengh of the line and it seemed to make things worse... so i think im dealing with a male wolf or male black bear cause they will attack other male sence

0re0

Ok, we don't have any problems with wolves, or bears. I have heard that some forests around SC do have black bears, but I have never seen any signs around my neck of the woods of bears,,,good luck.

fo.rrest

i live in BC where ive had bears in my back yard

1234growoutdoor

Forrest, OreO Thankx for your guys input.... You guys have given me a few good ideas to start with.

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