Small Plot Irrigation

• 1). Thoroughly rinse and dry a couple of 2-liter soda bottles or gallon milk jugs. Punch about eight holes in the bottom of your container, spacing them evenly in rows or a circle.
  
  
• 2). Pour about 1 inch of small gravel into the bottom of your container. This helps to filter the water slowly to the holes and hold your container in place.
  
  
• 3). Dig a hole the width of your container next to a single plant or in the middle of a small plot of flowers, veggies or herbs. Bury your container about two-thirds into the soil, pressing the soil gently around it. Use a thin-spouted watering can or a funnel to fill the container with water every few days.
  
  

Larger Garden Irrigation

• 1). Punch holes into an old garden hose, spacing them about 2 ½ inches apart along the entire length of the hose. Make sure the awl punches through to the inside of the hose without going through to the other side. If your garden is larger, you may need to punch and connect several hoses to irrigate the entire area.
  
  
• 2). Dig a trench about ½ inch wider and deeper than your hose. For instance, if your hose is about 1 inch in diameter, your trench need be no more than 1 ½ inches wide and deep. The trench should snake in and out of the rows of your garden.
  
  
• 3). Lay your punched hose in the trench, making sure one end of the hose sticks up out of the soil. Plug up the other end with a blob of wood putty. It isn’t water-soluble and shouldn’t harm the soil.
  
  
• 4). Cover your hose with a ½-inch layer of soil, leaving your open end sticking out of the ground. Press firmly on the soil to keep the hose in place. When you want to water, attach an intact hose to the hose in the ground and turn the water on low pressure for a few hours.