Best Water for Gardening

Watering is our next important step. But Grandmother used water coming down from the mountains into a old reservoir and through ditches.

We can find some of that water by using rain water catch systems but it can be a real challenge to not end up with water contaminated from roof tar or heated plastic containers. A automated system like this Orbit Water Drip Irrigation Flower Garden Micro Watering System Drippers 67522 is handy and to be honest I use these, but I know the plastic is heating up and off gassing into my water system.

So I have to make a decision on simple and easy versus running water every day down dirt corrugates (little ditches running next to the plant) from stainless steel pipes.

 

The other factor that has to be considered is using house water with chlorine. Do we filter the water and change the filter every month? Can and all of this is really subject to how down to earth you want to get.

 

A great deal of this will come down to what you have available and can realistically achieve.