Hey guys,
TLDR: I have a rectangular backyard that I want to have an above ground sprinkler setup. One side has hostas/hydrangeas that need their watering. Another side is cedars that need their own. Then the lawn in the centre that I do not want to dig sprinklers into, but need watered. The long version below shows what I, a big newbie, thought should work but afraid that it may not due to the split spigot low pressure and the distance from the spigot.
As a renter, I don't want to do any lawn sprinkler setup that requires trenches so my only option is to come up with some above-ground system that use stakes.
First, my main spigot is on the side of the house and using a splitter I got two hoses. One for the backyard, and one for the front yard. The current setup uses Gardena stuff and I simply turn on the spigot that's connected to the outside spigot every day in the morning and evening, manually. This I don't have a problem with.
(The green line is the hose that goes to the backyard, the blue to the front)
The front yard uses a Gardena ZoomMaxx Oscillating sprinkler and largely not the subject of this thread. But due to the decrease in pressure (split spigot), it misses the outer, street facing edges.
The subject of this thread is the backyard.
Here's the current setup of the backyard "watering" lol which is a Gardena Aquazoom. The orange is where the water makes it (the cedars and the far bed of hostas and hydrangeas). The red area is where the water doesn't make it and is leaving dry spots. The area on the left doesn't get much water because I had to adjust the width spray of the Gardena. This is to avoid the water going into the left neighbours backyard. I thought the wind would take care of watering the side, but I guess that's not a reliable option.
Here's the setup I was imagining.
- I'd setup a hose/sprinkler that is staked into the ground (the red lines)
- Whenever I have guests, I "disconnect" the hose from this system with those Gardena style connectors and roll up the hose and put it out of sight. (the red arrow)
- The hose/sprinkler setup would ideally water the cedars, supply water to the staked sprinklers (which I thought would be these Gardena Vario sprinklers) (the blue circles)
- The same hose then connects into a soaker hose to water the hostas/hydrangeas in the back (thin red line in the back)
- That soaker hose then connects back into a regular hose that again has Gardena Vario sprinklers. (red line on left) [a concern I have is how I'm going to use the string trimmer in that left side area without hitting the spiked sprinklers]
This is what it would look like (including dry spots):
NOTE: The fence on the left is a neighbour who doesn't like water going over the fence into theirs. So we gotta prevent that.
What do you guys think, and what do you think is the best way to do it and avoid the dry spots that I think I'll have with the setup shown above, and preferably low cost?
Thanks so much for reading.
Here's what the backyard looks like without all the annotation:
TLDR: I have a rectangular backyard that I want to have an above ground sprinkler setup. One side has hostas/hydrangeas that need their watering. Another side is cedars that need their own. Then the lawn in the centre that I do not want to dig sprinklers into, but need watered. The long version below shows what I, a big newbie, thought should work but afraid that it may not due to the split spigot low pressure and the distance from the spigot.
As a renter, I don't want to do any lawn sprinkler setup that requires trenches so my only option is to come up with some above-ground system that use stakes.
First, my main spigot is on the side of the house and using a splitter I got two hoses. One for the backyard, and one for the front yard. The current setup uses Gardena stuff and I simply turn on the spigot that's connected to the outside spigot every day in the morning and evening, manually. This I don't have a problem with.
(The green line is the hose that goes to the backyard, the blue to the front)
The front yard uses a Gardena ZoomMaxx Oscillating sprinkler and largely not the subject of this thread. But due to the decrease in pressure (split spigot), it misses the outer, street facing edges.
The subject of this thread is the backyard.
Here's the current setup of the backyard "watering" lol which is a Gardena Aquazoom. The orange is where the water makes it (the cedars and the far bed of hostas and hydrangeas). The red area is where the water doesn't make it and is leaving dry spots. The area on the left doesn't get much water because I had to adjust the width spray of the Gardena. This is to avoid the water going into the left neighbours backyard. I thought the wind would take care of watering the side, but I guess that's not a reliable option.
Here's the setup I was imagining.
- I'd setup a hose/sprinkler that is staked into the ground (the red lines)
- Whenever I have guests, I "disconnect" the hose from this system with those Gardena style connectors and roll up the hose and put it out of sight. (the red arrow)
- The hose/sprinkler setup would ideally water the cedars, supply water to the staked sprinklers (which I thought would be these Gardena Vario sprinklers) (the blue circles)
- The same hose then connects into a soaker hose to water the hostas/hydrangeas in the back (thin red line in the back)
- That soaker hose then connects back into a regular hose that again has Gardena Vario sprinklers. (red line on left) [a concern I have is how I'm going to use the string trimmer in that left side area without hitting the spiked sprinklers]
This is what it would look like (including dry spots):
NOTE: The fence on the left is a neighbour who doesn't like water going over the fence into theirs. So we gotta prevent that.
What do you guys think, and what do you think is the best way to do it and avoid the dry spots that I think I'll have with the setup shown above, and preferably low cost?
Thanks so much for reading.
Here's what the backyard looks like without all the annotation:
