Dipping faucets

[Concerned American]

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This is a really instructive post. I have thought about putting in a sprinkling system for my garden but what a PITA it would be to get a pipe deep enough that it wouldn't freeze.

Thanks.

My brother ran a huge community garden in a small town in the mountains of Western Montana and had an automatic sprinkling system and a big stainless steel sink right in the middle of the garden for washing roots. I wish he were still alive so I could ask him how he managed it. I'm going to guess that he just attached hoses in spring and removed them before winter. I remember that winter -- a mild one by all accounts -- to have lows that hovered around 0°.

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Frost free hydrants are what most folks have in this area, but, as you say, its a PITA to lay the supply line 5' or more in the ground. So your idea to run hoses is probably the easiest.

 

[Flopper]

Put a ball valve and air disconnect on that pipe. Before the first freeze, turn off the water and blow the remainder out of the pipe with an air compressor. I do it with my sprinkler system every fall.

Thanks that’s a great idea