What is a manifold and what is Netafim? Honestly, I had to look up the word manifold. I have heard it off and on my whole life, but pretty much thought of it as “part of a car.” But when I was at the sprinkler parts store (Pipeco in Nampa), explaining how I thought I […]
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Easy Custom Designed Netafim Watering System for Your Raised Beds
It is time for me to begin replacing my oldest soaker hoses in my vegetable garden, and I decided it is a good time to make the switch to Netafim in my raised beds. The Netafim will fit better, is hard to accidentally perforate, is possible to repair, and should last longer. (There is a […]
Adventures in Netafim – Sprinkler Head Changed to Drip Line
It helps to know your options. But it also helps to know how to implement them. Sometimes that means being aware of your limits and having help available. I began this project full of hope and high expectations of doing it myself. I had completed another Netafim project by myself last year. However, there were non-obvious […]
Helpless Female Attaches Netafim to Drip Pipe
[box]This is what I wrote after a project in the middle of last summer, so don’t get confused with talk of going camping and lots of flowers. I’m not going camping in the middle of March! And the only green in that flower bed right now is iris greenery breaking through the dirt.[/box] The trouble […]
Helpless Female Buys Sprinkler Parts at Pipeco and Installs Netafim Irrigation Tubing – Part 2
When I got home with the Netafim drip tubing, Ben got right to showing me what to do. He showed me the labels on the tubing, that made it clear how much water an area would be getting in a certain time period. He explained how close together the emitters are (12 inches in my tubing) […]