Redneck Watering System Back in Action
This may be the earliest need for watering in the gardening season yet. We are not really in a drought; but my rain barrels are almost empty. Yesterday I even had to water the new grass. The redneck watering system was laid down Sunday. It needs repairs and improvements from last year.
The garden must have grown some; because I don’t seem to have enough hose. One of my connectors that connects a single hose to 4 hoses is also defective. I bought new soaker hoses to install this afternoon; but I forgot to buy the connectors. I tried to make it neater and hopefully more efficient this year. No irrigations system can really compete with rain though. Not only does the tap water bring salts and chemicals into the soil, much of the water seems to be wasted. Almost everything has sprouted so it all needs water to avoid drying up or being stunted.
Fire ants are really getting worse every year. The “mound destroyer” seems to work to eradicate the hill; but it seems as if the ants just move somewhere else. They never seem to just completely go away. “Mosquito Dunks” were really helpful in keeping the mosquitoes down last year. They are just starting to bite this year so I’m putting new dunks in the bird bath and the rain barrels. They work with Bacillus Thuringienses (or something like that). It is a disease that kills mosquitoes and some other plant pests.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.
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