The soaker hose...

I started the day bright and early today with my sweets, Paul, by getting yet another FULL truckload of manure this morning. Still, these beds are not filled. Sheesh... After I unloaded the truckload of crap I was ready to make this soaker hose. I feel silly but I was really excited about the hose. I've never used a soaker hose before and I thought it would be an awesome easy thing to make! I did a little web surfing and I found this article.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6550336_diy-soaker-hose.html

Let's see I have a drill... I have old unwanted hoses... Sounds like a good free DIY up cycle project to keep me outside for a while! :) By the by, Today was amazing! Soo pretty outside! I was pumped!

So, I sorta followed the instructions.. I never follow directions exactly, I make my own rules. Anyway, I decided I wouldn't drill holes in the hose between the beds and I left about 2 feet from the connection end so again I wouldn't just water the straw. I also just guessed the 3" mark, I didn't think it was necessary to be exact.

2 weeks ago Amanda went to home depot and got end caps for the hose.

I borrowed a cordless drill from my big bro. I used an old drill bit and started drilling holes.

Everything was fine then the drill ran out of juice when I was half way done! Ugh... So I got an extension cord and brought my old plug in drill outside to finish the job. This project was more difficult and tiring than I expected.

I put the soaker hose back on the beds in the correct places, I connected the hoses, turned on the faucet and excitedly followed the water down the hose and when I got to the garden beds I waited patiently for water to flow out of my brand new one of a kind soaker hose!!

IT WORKS!!!

kind of... :(

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Ugh... what a disappointment. I hope I don't have to buy a new one, that's so wasteful.

What's the deal? I was not expecting this not to work. I need to figure out a way to make the water pressure from my spicket stronger or I need to figure out a better way to water these beds. I suppose I can just use the old garden hose spray head thingy.

HRMPF!!

I won't give up... I just need to do some troubleshooting.

P.S. Yeah I made trellises. They might be over kill but I wanted to be sure they were tall enough for the yummies... :)