July 4th

I spent most of the 4th watering the garden. Later in the evening it rained hard enough that they canceled the fireworks in at Nephi. If I had known it was going to rain that much I would have done something else for the day, but everything should be in good shape until Tuesday the 7th.

I have posted a few close up pictures of the drip emitters. The tubing is Toro brand "Blue Stripe". I picked up 1000 feet of this at NPS in Salt Lake. It is a 1/2" (.710 O.D. dia). At the time the price seemed good, but I have since found that the "Dig" brand http://www.digcorp.com/ that Home Despot (Depot) sells is almost as good a price as what I paid for the Toro. The emitters are 2 gpm (gallon per minute) flag type emitters http://www.digcorp.com/Landscape_Irrigation/129-Flag_Drip_Emitters . I bought these at Home Depot, and they are the "Dig " brand. Home Depot's prices are the best for a retail brick and mortar outlet. They have a great selection. You can save more money if you buy your supplies from one of the several on-line retailers, but time was a consideration when I bought them.

I installed a 25 psi reducer and a screen type filter where the Blue Stripe supply tubing connects to a hose bib type spigot. A figure eight fitting is used to cap the end of the tubing.

Here is a cucumber plant. The flag emitter releases a slow steady stream of water. One nice thing about the flag emitters is that you can take them apart and flush them out.

Another shot of a tomato plant. Dig makes a tool that will punch a 1/4" hole in the tubing. All you do is punch the hole and push the barbed end of the emitter into the hole. Very simple.

Here is a pepper plant.

This is one of the 25 psi reducers and the screen filter attached below it.

This is a figure eight fitting at the end of a brown earth soaker hose that is watering two of the bean rows. I use this same fitting at the end of the blue stripe tubing. All it does is cause a kink in the hose. It is easy to remove and flush the line.