This project has been in the works for some time. My roommate loves to hunt for bargains in other people trash. He found a butt-load of PVC pipe heading for the landfill. We confiscated it and I decided to use it for the garden. I mapped it out on paper and then set out to detail the ingredients necessary to complete the project. I spent about $2o total on parts. There are a few 90º elbows, some 1" couplers, etc. I bought a pipe thread to hose thread converter and added a section to connect the yard hose from the water pump. I sealed everything with pvc cement and also primed it with the purple toxic liquid. Brenda helped me apply the primer and cement. I drilled holes and went to progressive gardens and fetched 6 total mini sprinkers at 75¢ each. They are installed here. Turned on the pump, and by golly it works! This provides a low level watering near the roots. It was fun creating this. One thing though, my initial design ran straight into the potatoes that are growing in old tires, so I had to reroute around the tires, which worked out even better.
This project has been in the works for some time. My roommate loves to hunt for bargains in other people trash. He found a butt-load of PVC pipe heading for the landfill. We confiscated it and I decided to use it for the garden. I mapped it out on paper and then set out to detail the ingredients necessary to complete the project. I spent about $2o total on parts. There are a few 90º elbows, some 1" couplers, etc. I bought a pipe thread to hose thread converter and added a section to connect the yard hose from the water pump. I sealed everything with pvc cement and also primed it with the purple toxic liquid. Brenda helped me apply the primer and cement. I drilled holes and went to progressive gardens and fetched 6 total mini sprinkers at 75¢ each. They are installed here. Turned on the pump, and by golly it works! This provides a low level watering near the roots. It was fun creating this. One thing though, my initial design ran straight into the potatoes that are growing in old tires, so I had to reroute around the tires, which worked out even better. 
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