From sprinkling to weeping- that's irrigation talk, btw.

My irrigation system has, to this point, consisted of a series of sprinkling emitters.  That has been great except for two things.  1) The sprinklers sprinkle a variable area depending on the water pressure and, it seems: the lunar calendar, what I had for lunch, and the color of shirt the president is wearing that day.   And so the sprinklers not only water the plants, but often both sides of the raised beds the plants are in, the sidewalks beside the raised beds, and the mulch all around.

2) The sprinklers get the leaves wet.  This encourages disease.  Also mildew.  I do not need that.

 

And so I am switching out my teensy sprinklers to teensy weeping hose.  So far I am loving the miniature versions of the recycled 5/8″ hose I used to use.  With these little hoses now attached to the automatic system, I am much more in control of where the water goes (right there at the genesis of the rooting system).   And even when the president goes for the striped shirt and the water pressure is high, the weeping hoses merely put out more water right there at the base of the plant instead of more water where I don't want it.

Weeping hoses, I'm weeping tears of farming joy.