Gravity Fed Auto Watering System for Off Grid Gardening
How do you keep your garden watered when you’re away? What if you’re off grid? Easy peasy! Blue explains how we set up our gravity fed auto watering system to water the garden on our off grid homestead when we aren’t there.
I am getting retired in June 2021 and moving to Windsor Ontario. My first thing was gardening and I really know what to do with you right now. I look forward to be able some gardening ever…….thanks
Hello, very nice and smart garden, i plan to assembly something similar too, but i'm also afraid of pressure for soaker hoses, I would like to know the lenght of soaker hoses and more importantly the type. There are a lot of soaker hoses on the market, but in the US i found some special for rain barrells (rain barrel soaker hose)and generaly for system fed by gravity, which are under low pressure. As long as I am from Slovakia (Europe) and there are just general soaker hoses i wonder if have to manage to buy some from the US, or i can use the clasic one. Thank you very much for answer!
You can increase water pressure by just raising the water barrels up about 6 ft..
The hoses can still touch the ground, if you want them to.. But if it doesn't matter.. You can slope them downwardly, on a slighted angle… And it would give you the maximum amount of water pressure, at the expense of aesthetic displeasure.
Fantastic setup! As far as I know there is only one soaker hose that works with no pressure.. its from Germany and called „CS Perlschlauch drucklos / CS soaker hose pressureless“.. works great! Although it’s advised to put it underground for an inch or two:)
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Well done, short, to the point, easy to follow….save me a 'mater. (and cool music)
I am getting retired in June 2021 and moving to Windsor Ontario. My first thing was gardening and I really know what to do with you right now. I look forward to be able some gardening ever…….thanks
What’s the brand of those timers? Are they battery powered?
Hello, very nice and smart garden, i plan to assembly something similar too, but i'm also afraid of pressure for soaker hoses, I would like to know the lenght of soaker hoses and more importantly the type. There are a lot of soaker hoses on the market, but in the US i found some special for rain barrells (rain barrel soaker hose)and generaly for system fed by gravity, which are under low pressure. As long as I am from Slovakia (Europe) and there are just general soaker hoses i wonder if have to manage to buy some from the US, or i can use the clasic one. Thank you very much for answer!
Ahhh yes! I was trying to find a solution to the pressure loss – clever idea! Thanks
Very cool- thanks for sharing! Do you think any soaker hose will do? I hope to use water rite hoses
You can increase water pressure by just raising the water barrels up about 6 ft..
The hoses can still touch the ground, if you want them to.. But if it doesn't matter.. You can slope them downwardly, on a slighted angle… And it would give you the maximum amount of water pressure, at the expense of aesthetic displeasure.
Fantastic setup! As far as I know there is only one soaker hose that works with no pressure.. its from Germany and called „CS Perlschlauch drucklos / CS soaker hose pressureless“.. works great! Although it’s advised to put it underground for an inch or two:)
What’s the difference in elevation from cistern to the garden. You mention a “slope”. But how much of a slope ?
How often do you top off your water barrels?