Re: [gardeners] heat wave broken!
penny x stamm (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:59:10 -0400
Margaret said:>
>Penny, could you have used your cellar as a giant rain barrel? Would
>have
>been easier than cleaning it up. Could your pinched water line have
>anything to do with the rhodies you recently lost? Margaret L
>
>
Well, Margaret, it's rather difficult to use the cellar as a giant rain
barrel
when there has been less than one inch of rain since June 1st......
Does help to keep the workshop floor neat & tidy.
The entire front of the house is on one watering zone. It's curious but
necessary that the water comes out of the house at mid-point, travels
downhill 40 ft (underground) to the valve boxes, and when the clock
in the garage (on the other side of the house) tells it to run, then
valve 7 opens and allows water to flow back up to service the whole
front. It's simple on paper, anyway. Not only does that first water
supply line go under the front sidewalk by the steps, but another
short supply line snakes back under that sidewalk, to deliver water
at the other end of the front. So, in this particular case, half of the
front received its proper share of water. And the other half of the front
received its share as well, including those precious Starry Night
rhodies which we just lost. Only a 6x6 grid by the front door was
pinched off. Fortunately, I have a mania for interconnecting those
soaker grids -- my feeling is that the pressure equalizes uphill and
downhill when there is NO END to the lines. Therefore I insist that
we stick " T " connectors in parallel lines, much to my hubby's
annoyance -- and that's how come the 2nd half of the front still got
irrigated, in spite of the small grid which I had pinched off.....
Penny, NY
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