From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
      The pace accelerates , I got the last pieces to the drip irrigation   
   puzzle today in the mail . Looks like the garden is number one in   
   priority right now . I've got seedlings ready to go , and the irises are   
   blooming - wife's grandmother's indication that it's time to plant .   
   Tomorrow looks good to get some 'maters in , but then we get 4 days of   
   "occasional/scattered thunderstorms" . I've waited to till because we   
   get cloudburst thunderstorms that will wash away my topsoil in a New   
   York Minute - it's taken me years to recover from that lesson !   
   I've got the main feed lines all cut to length , spent some time this   
   afternoon setting up some 1/4" tees with tubes and emitters for the   
   tomato row . Some plants will be fed from individual 1/4" tubes , some   
   will be fed from emitters in the main feed lines . Good thing is that I   
   have more than one location to regulate water supply to each segment .   
   My question now is "How much water is enough ?" I can pump 5 GPM ,in an   
   hour that's 300 gallons (plus/minus , this ain't an exact science - yet)   
   for 950 SF of space . If I have all 200 emitters set to flow (average)   
   1.5 GPH , that's a pretty healthy ration of water per plant ... and   
   that's if I only water one hour daily . Likely scenario is that I get a   
   timer with a relay to turn the pump on for say 20 minutes 3 times a day   
   . This is going to take some tuning ... but I gotta admit , I'm really   
   looking forward to the results - my wife thinks I bought too many mason   
   jar lids (14 doz so far) . I sure hope she's wrong !   
      
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   Snag   
      My rights don't end   
   where your fear begins .   
      
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