Thanks for things to consider, Dirt. I figure if it's a mystery to you then it doesn't have an obvious answer, so I'll experiment. Yes, I'd like to hide the system. The beds where I currently use drip emitters have amended soil so water spreads a
bit more horizontally, but even so I have to augment with hose watering to get even coverage. I obtained some 1/4-inch (or so?) soaker lateral tubing for this new project, thinking it might distribute the water more evenly. Haven't tried it yet. I might need to add more compost than I'd planned to.
This patch has always been a problem child for various reasons, not the least of which is that it's located at the very limit of my hose length (
). We'll see how this goes.
One more question, if you don't mind: Mulch? Are small woodchips too
gauche for a rock garden? I'm not a purist—this will probably be a hybrid of sorts, but I'm having trouble visualizing the look of chips among the rocks. Gravel? Doesn't it shift and get buried? Thanks again for the help.
