{"id":16943,"date":"2023-03-03T17:04:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T01:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=16943"},"modified":"2023-03-03T17:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T01:05:18","slug":"rain-tank-to-driplines-a-cheap-and-effective-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/rain-tank-to-driplines-a-cheap-and-effective-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain Tank to driplines: a cheap and effective system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We had some visitors last week, and one asked about the rain tank near our garage. &#8220;What do you do with the water?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I showed him how I could open the valve on the tank and water all of my vegetables at once, I recognized that it was an efficient system. It was cheap, it relied on gravity (no pumps, no electricity), and all it took to operate was one turn of a valve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I should show my setup to you too, I thought. 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