Organic Lawn DIY

Designing my Square Foot Garden raised beds got me thinking about installing drip irrigation in other parts of the landscape. To handle different watering requirements for different garden beds I'll need to split them up into different zones.

I don't have an in-ground sprinkler system so I have to come up with a hose-end connected solution like I'm using for my hose-end lawn sprinklers.

They do make multi-zone garden hose timers like this Orbit Complete Yard Watering Kit or the Melnor AquaTimer 4-Zone Digital Water Timer but I don't need to have the system run automatically since my area gets plenty of rain most of the year. I also don't want to have garden hoses running all over which are both unsightly and a trip hazard.

Instead I figured out a way to to connect multiple drip irrigation zones to a garden hose without having to buy multiple expensive timers or faucet connection kits. Since I use quick connects for most of my lawn watering gadgets (wands, sprayers, Dial-N-Spray, hose-end sprinklers) I'll be using them here too. They really make changing watering accessories quick and easy but you can omit them to save some money if you don't mind taking a few extra seconds to twist on the connections.