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Building a raised bed on a slope with gabions and automatic irrigation
The raised bed between my two gabion walls is to be redesigned. In future, the plants will be watered automatically. I install an automatic irrigation system for this purpose. This time the whole thing is to be realized with a drip hose. Solenoid valves from Hunter ensure automatic control of irrigation via my irrigation computer. The water supply for the automatic irrigation system is via a 25 mm PE pipe.
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Securing a slope with gabions – fleece water conduits
Over the last few weeks, I have now removed the plateau and rebuilt the slope. The gabions were also set up and aligned. However, further preparations are required before backfilling can begin.
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Plan and install lawn irrigation yourself 2 – Calculating the water connection
After describing how the selection and placement of sprinklers can be calculated online free of charge in the last article on building a lawn irrigation system, this entry is about calculating the correct sizes for the lawn sprinklers.
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Planning and installing lawn irrigation 1 – Optimum sprinkler placement
My lawn irrigation system is now in its 3rd year. After a few conversions, I currently have 2 valve boxes with 6 irrigation circuits and a total of 18 sprinklers. So far I have used products from Hunter, Rain Bird and Gardena. I am now planning to extend my existing lawn irrigation system to the
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Securing a 30-meter slope with gabions – setting up and aligning the stone baskets
After I had removed the earth slope the previous week and the subsoil had also been largely removed, I was able to start assembling and placing the gabions.
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Simply build your own garage for robot lawn mower
I’ve been using a robot lawn mower to maintain the lawn in my garden for a few years now. The Gardena Sileno runs twice a week and mows my lawn neatly to the desired height. In winter, the robotic lawnmower is stored in the cellar. But what about in summer? How do you effectively protect the robot from environmental influences?
