WHY DRIP IRRIGATION?
The main purpose for putting in drip irrigation is so that you don’t have to spend lots of time that you might not have, watering your garden or yard, and dragging around the heavy hose to do it. Your system can be manual, semi-automatic, or fully automatic. Although Kartar Singh did mention the joys of zoning-out (meditating) while hand watering your yard with a single hose! As we know, here in this dry and often very hot desert area, where the native soil may not hold water, plants can dry up really quickly. And when that happens, of course they die quickly! So simple. So, our plants need regular, appropriate watering. Here in NM, Kartar Singh told us that more water is usually better than not enough water for our darlings. However our plants’ water requirements change, such as over seasons, when rain comes—they need less of our watering, and when the sun is really piercing—they need more. And different plants need different amounts and timing of watering. Drip irrigation can more ea
