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Garden water source
I just ran a 125 foot trench and buried a water line to feed my garden area. Many garden and farming videos show he hose bibb connection up about 3 feet above ground. Is there a good reason for this? I’m in Georgia so there’s little chance for a serious freeze to worry about.
Just wanted some input before I finish the job. I’m going to run a support stake alongside the standpipe.
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-Easier to reach. if it’s higher, you don’t have to bend over to operate it.
-A bucket can fit underneath, should you need to fill one.
-The faucet won’t get “lost” in high weeds/grass.
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I’d either go frost free hydrant up 30 inches or so or in the ground in an access box. Just because it doesn’t USUALLY freeze where you live doesn’t mean it can’t. One good volcano eruption is all it takes to cool the earth off several degrees or more. With the crazies in charge of the world now volcanos may be the least likely problem we face that could cloud out the suns power.
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I know freezing is possible, so I installed a drain for that line made out of an ammo can and a ball valve. When closed the top of the ammo can is at ground level. Here is a picture
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What part of Georgia are you in? Mountains, Piedmont or far south Georgia?
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I’m in south central Ga. Near Swainsboro
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I think you will have freezes but idk the solution. Here is my setup. I have overheads and a faucet at the end. The and used to be an overhead but thlive e garden was reduced as the years went by. I live in Central Florida. The occasional freezes are only hours long so they haven’t affected the pipes.
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I installed a new 1 inch pipe from the pond to my garden. The 1 inch poly-ethylene pipe is buried about 2 1/2 feet deep and slopes up to the surface at each end. I only use it during the summer, so don’t have to worry about freezing. All of the fittings that I looked at were less than 1 inch, so I made my own out of 1 inch copper pipe and soldered on threaded ends; therefore I have 1 inch inside diameter from pump to garden. The picture shows the garden end, with 1 inch pvc pipe split for a garden hose at one valved outlet and a 4 way splitter on the other outlet. I can attach 5 hoses at the same time; 1 hose with drippers along the ten grape vines; 1 hose with drippers along the 50 feet of blackberries and blueberries; and 3 hoses on Rainbird sprinklers for the rest of the garden.
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