Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Five years are plenty for me. I may not last that long myself ;-) I'll
experiment with cutting and capping tho. And I'll place them on top of the
mulch, not in the soil. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 2/6/2008 at 9:40 AM E. E. Mitchamore Jr wrote:

>Drippers have that problem too.  So what do we do?
>
>E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>www.hillcountrynatives.biz
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Ken Hargesheimer 
>  To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing 
>  Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:10 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Soaker hoses was _Group
>EncouragesRelocalization of Food
>
>
>  Soaker hoses are no good in areas with hard water.  In five years or
>less, most of the hose will be stopped up.  
>
>  Ken H
>
>  bruce smith <cityhomesteader@gmail.com> wrote:
>    Hi all,
>    I have been using soaker hoses for awhile now too.. We found that you
>can buy male and female hose ends cheap enough and we cut and made hose to
>the length we wanted.
>    Hose clamps and hose end caps finish it off.
>
>    I found that they tend to clog... Maybe I will have to be more careful
>filtering the rain barrels..
>    I use the mosquito dunks and they degrade and leave residue..as do the
>roof washings..sent down by rain..our house is 1800 Sq FT so we have a ton
>of water coming off..
>