If you don’t want to go to the expense of paying a gardener to come around to your property to water it for you while you’re away, then you don’t have to. There are a number of methods that you can use to keep your garden watered even in the driest summer months. Read on to find out more about automated approaches to horticultural irrigation that anyone can put in place whether they’re an experienced gardener or not.
Use a Filled Bottle
Placing a water bottle into the earth next to a plant that might dry out is a good technique for slowly watering it when you’re away. Fill up a bottle to the top and invert it, placing it upside-down into the soil. The water level will soon balance with the earth in pots and planters, offering a slow release of fluid. However, this technique isn’t suitable for entire flower beds because there will be an insufficient supply.
Invest in a Water Pump
For supplying an entire garden, use a water pump to feed hoses that run around your planting. First of all, find the perfect water pump for your garden by selecting a suitably sized device. If there is a hosepipe ban in place, meaning you cannot irrigate your garden with mains supplied water, then a water butt pump is a must-have because you can use it even when you’re away from water that has been stored locally from rainfall. This is the most comprehensive approach to garden irrigation and is just as suited for keeping lawns verdant as it is for watering flower beds and vegetable gardens.
Watering Wicks
Another method for watering an entire garden is to use a water wick. This method involves using a wick, or string, to distribute water from a central source. To do it, you need to push some string down into the soil a few centimetres with the rest sticking out of the ground. Next, run the exposed string into a water source, such as a trough or water butt. Capillary action will see the water in the reservoir move through the string and along it into the ground. However, this method may be unsuccessful if the water needs to move a long way, especially on a hot day when the string may dry out. It does have the advantage, however, of being able to work with multiple wicks watering different parts of the garden from one water source.
