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[Del Stubbs <northernlights2n@yahoo.com>]

With this our second dry summer in a row (1/8" since June) I am getting more 
serious
about getting proper water up to my 2 acre orchard. Pond is on one side of 
the 18' high
hill, orchard on the other, heavy clay. I have a 1000 gallon tank on the top 
that I pump
to and gravity feed from.  Slope  downhill is uneven so gravity watering 
using 3/4 pvc
with 5/16" " holes every few feet has gotten me by, but is clumsy and 
irregular. I am
thinking my new 4 horse Honda semi-trash pump could easily power a few large 
rain-bird
type sprinklers. Set it up so it sprays clear over the 12' trees. I have an 
1/8" mesh
screen on the infeed so would have to use large agricultural scale sprinklers 
- to be
sure they don't get clogged. Has anyone worked with gas-pumped pond water and 
sprinklers?
other suggestions? Thanks, Del
btw: I lost most of a 150' row of  asparagus (10 years old) apparently by not 
watering
before last winter - I thought it was one plant that was nearly 
indestructible.

Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com   zone 3a   N. MN


       
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