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Post by 31drew31 on Jul 28, 2012 23:57:18 GMT -5
Great job! It will be nice to come home everyday and see that as you walk in.
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Post by lloyd on Jul 29, 2012 15:45:46 GMT -5
A promising bog and good physiotherapy, too. What kind of water did you use for the initial wetting?
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Post by Rick Hillier on Jul 30, 2012 7:07:19 GMT -5
I used RO water that is also run through a de-ionizer. I have a setup in my basement in which the output from my system goes into a 40 gallon plastic drum. A pump (designed for motorhome use) draws water when required by detecting the pressure drop on its output side. While I was working on the garden, I simply daisy chained the hose going from that pump to my main outdoor hose through the laundry room window, brought that around to the front of the house and let 'er rip. Nice and convenient.
I was able to get around 25 gallons per day, which was enough to pre-wet a little over one 3.9 cuft bale of peat moss, not to a point of being soaking wet, but enough that it will draw water on its own.
That poor RO unit didn't get turned off for three weeks! On one of those days, I washed my car with it before giving it a wax job. I'll never go back to tap water for washing my car again - NO WATER SPOTS!
With the rain last week, my rain barrels collected 80 gallons of water, all of which went into the garden over the weekend. I have a lower level for the purps and psitts in which I am trying to get a little open water at the surface once in a while. I'm still not there yet, but the media is wet enough to support the plants now, so here's hoping that this all works.
With the bog being raised around 10" or so above the ground level, I intend on going really heavy with the pine needles this year and extending them out around three feet from the wall. If this thing survives the winter as well as it did the past 12 years in the back yard, this is going to be awesome next year.
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