Fresh Water for the Garden

Salt may go good with any number of fresh roasted vegetables. But salt water is a definite no-go. This week, our big project was to bring fresh, untreated water up from our well and to our garden.

I’ve got my husband pretty busy with our One Room Challenge project. I knew he was plenty capable of completing this task, but I asked about maybe hiring a plumbing company to make quick work of that project.

But I discovered that wasn’t his plan when I walked out the front door on Tuesday to a trench running along our driveway.

I guess I sort of had that coming; building a porch in eight weeks really wasn’t in his plan either.

Full disclosure: This project featured very little of my efforts (I was filling beds) and was mostly a husband project. In case I need to publicly say it again, I’m super thankful.

There’s nothing ultra glamorous about this project. Just lots of digging and DIY plumbing.

The hardest part of the project was digging the trench, which got extra complicated when he had to dig through our crushed asphalt driveway. Once that was all dug, a quick trip to the store for some lines, couplings, and joint compound moved the project toward completion.

The jury’s still out on whether my job as line joiner (not sure if that’s the technical term) will hold up long term. But I can confirm that my hands will probably be purple from the PVC primer for days.

For now, the fresh water line has a temporary ending point. One of my next big projects is to build a greenhouse from reclaimed old windows and doors in the spot directly in front of the garden. It’s final size and position will dictate where the line ends. Ideally, I want to relocate my old farm sink into the greenhouse and run water there, and I would like two end points on either side of the greenhouse to run drip lines through the garden.

I’m sure we saved a ton of money by doing the job in-house versus hiring it out. But Rob definitely has some time to make up next week for the One Week Challenge.