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Told to switch to drip irrigation and I fought it for a whole season
My neighbor Karen kept telling me last spring that my sprinkler system was wasting water and I should switch to drip irrigation for my veggie beds. I ignored her for months because I figured sprinklers worked fine and I didn't want to spend the money. Then our water bill hit $120 in July and I finally caved and bought a basic drip kit from Home Depot for like $35. After setting it up over a weekend, my tomatoes actually grew bigger and I stopped getting mildew on the leaves. The soil stays damp way longer and I'm only running it 20 minutes every other day instead of 45 minutes daily. Now I feel stupid for wasting all that water and cash last year. Has anyone else had a neighbor pester you about something climate related that actually turned out to be good advice?
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nathan2896d ago
$120 water bill? Thats honestly not that bad for July but still. So my question is when you set up your drip kit did you run into the issue of the little emitters clogging right away? I had some cheap Orbit ones that plugged up with mineral deposits in like a month and I had to replace half of them. Just curious if you went with a brand that actually holds up or if you ended up having to baby them like I did.
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