Make-shift Drip Irrigation Project-Pt 9- ECCO Chips Mulch

ECCO Chips mulch is now spread throughout the shrub beds to cover over top of the drip irrigation lines. The ECCO Chips come in a variety of colours and are available for sale in the Regina area.

Adding mulch to your beds, esspecially in beds where you have drip irrigation has a number of benefits:

1. It makes the bed more aesthetically pleasing to look at by adding colour and covering up the drip irrigation lines.
2. The mulch helps hold the moisture in longer, which means that your watering will be more effective.
3. If you apply the proper level of mulch, it will block sunlight from getting to the weeds, keeping them down (for the most part).

Make-shift Drip Irrigation Project-Pt 8- Finished! (almost)

We're finished with the irrigation aspect of our Make-shift Drip Irrigation Project. Now all that's left is to do is put the ECCO Chips mulch over top.

Make-shift Drip Irrigation Project-Pt 7- Installing Emitters

Sean Stefan of Sprinkler Daddy walks you through the process of installing individual drip emitters to the supply line using a 1/4" coupler, 1/4" tubing, a drip emitter, and a tubing stake.

To find all these parts, just click over to http://www.SprinklerDaddy.ca/drip.html

Makeshift Drip Project Part 6 - Plugging the Drip Line

We're finished running the pipe through the shrub bed and now we're going to plug the drip irrigation line with our lawn service plug that makes it easier to blow out the line in the fall.

To check out some of the products used in our drip irrigation project, head over to http://www.SprinklerDaddy.ca/drip.html.

Make-shift Drip Irrigation Project -Pt 5- Laying Pipe

Check out how we run the pipe for our drip irrigation line. Notice how we get the pipe around the front step and into the second flower bed.

Makeshift Drip Project Part 4 - Installing the Temporary Pressure Regulator

In this video we install the pressure regulator temporarily to the outside tap until we have time to install the entire manifold system with automatic valves.

Special guest appearance at the end of the video by our beagle Finn.

Makeshift Drip Project Part 3 - Assembing the Pressure Regulator & Drip Plug

Assembling the pressure regulator unit and drip line plug for our makeshift drip irrigation project.

To find the parts you need to complete your own drip irrigation project, head over to http://www.sprinklerdaddy.ca/drip.html