If you’re irrigating raised beds, you will also need right-angle fittings at each bed to carry the water up to your soaker hose. Each bed should also get a valve that can be turned off in case ...

A five-gallon bucket is best for this DIY irrigation system due to its large capacity. You will need a drill, scissors, pliers, one foot of polyethylene tubing and a shut-off valve for this method.

As an added benefit, these automated systems are able to save water by limiting the amount of unnecessary irrigation used. That should make summer just a little easier in the garden. MORE ON ...

April Wilkerson installs a DIY garden drip irrigation system for easy watering. At least 24 are dead, and girls are missing from a camp, in a catastrophic Texas flood Gordon Ramsay's 1-Ingredient ...