Part 3 of 7 How to Build a Raised Bed Garden: Irrigation from Sprinklers to Drip System
John from www.growingyourgreens.com consults with friends to help them plan their raised bed garden. This is Part 3. Installation of the Irrigation System. From converting a standard sprinkler system into a filtered drip system to feed all the raised beds.
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overkill!!!!!!!!!!!
burnie legbits
January 13, 2013 at 9:51 am
Would this configuration work in areas where there is freezing in the winter? How would you empty the system of water in the fall?
modify1ful
January 13, 2013 at 9:59 am
Thanks John @growinyourgreens for this playlist!!
Jay Blaze
January 13, 2013 at 10:39 am
The beds in THIS video are 12″ high. Please see the other video for the specific heights of MY beds. They are 12″ to 33″ depending on the location.
growingyourgreens
January 13, 2013 at 10:49 am
The beds in your front yard are only 12″ high? they seem more like 24-36′
Thanks for the videos What encouragement for NEW gardeners
ortonmom
January 13, 2013 at 10:56 am
The beds in this video are about 12″ high. They go into the soil underneath. Most of my beds do. If you build your beds 24″ or taller, chances are the roots (on most crops) will not go down that far. see watch?v=kFCBWWYp_CY
growingyourgreens
January 13, 2013 at 11:02 am
John,
How are the raised beds in your front yard designed? We have a low level lead content in our yard…My husband and I don’t want the roots going into the contaminatied soil…are you beds filled with compost from ground to top of bed? or is there a false bottom…how deep do the beds need to be
Love all your videos
ortonmom
January 13, 2013 at 11:23 am
Surely CA has a backflow device requirement but I don’t see one in your video. Where did you install that? Also, is the filter the Lowes brand whole house type of all-in-one filter?
myclem6674
January 13, 2013 at 11:32 am
The pressure regulator is the ball valve in each bed. It is restricted to the point where the water flows out at the desired rate depending on the watering needs of the specific plants in the bed.
growingyourgreens
January 13, 2013 at 12:22 pm
its below the ground so you would not trip over it, and you would not see it. You can totally do it above ground. The black drip tubing goes on top of the raised bed. The black rubber hose is for hand watering.
growingyourgreens
January 13, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Oh, and why do you need to go below the surface of the ground out of the house? Is the black hose for handwatering or does it lead to something else?
bobbyrod38
January 13, 2013 at 1:02 pm
John, where is he pressure regulator and what ressure is it reduced to?
bobbyrod38
January 13, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Nice, looks like they are off to a good start, It will look good when It’s done. John are you going to do updates threw out out the season on there vegetable plants when It’s done? I would like to see how their garden does for them.
1ChevyGuy375
January 13, 2013 at 1:59 pm
The “shoes” are called vibram five fingers. I will have an episode on them soon 🙂
growingyourgreens
January 13, 2013 at 2:27 pm
What is that footgear you have on? I can’t recall ever seeing something like that in my 5 plus decades of life. Also, I live not far from you, also adobe soil. Just wet it a bit, let it soak a while, and it isn’t any harder to deal with than almost any other soil. Sand would be worse.
jwwm2
January 13, 2013 at 2:31 pm
you only have to put glue on the pipe not the fitting.
John Rose
January 13, 2013 at 3:26 pm
Very fun. Kudos to Rick for being a good sport and letting us learn with him.
rustylcurtis
January 13, 2013 at 3:41 pm
thanks. I want to see that pressure testing, capping, filling and monitoring for leaks. thanks for all your videos.
Hobohube
January 13, 2013 at 3:48 pm
Thanks for sharing this.
BalconyGrow
January 13, 2013 at 4:25 pm
hopefully no pressure test failures
mysciencenow
January 13, 2013 at 4:48 pm