Now that all the drip irrigation supplies have been purchased and any additional advice gleaned from the store experts has been accomplished it’s time to install the system. If you wish to hide the tubing from view it will be necessary to dig out a trench about 6" deep to lay the piping in before assembling. Having taken the time to sketch out how you wanted to install your new drip irrigation system is going to pay off now. Unfortunately the 1/2" plastic piping is sold in a rolled up manner. Because this is done trying to lay the piping in the straight lines as sketched will be an aggravating experienced. It is recommended to unravel the 1/2" piping and to stretch it out first. Tie the ends to something to keep it in a stretched manner and preferably on a nice hot day. This will help immensely to remove the curl in the piping. Another trick is to cut small 12" pieces of wire clothes hanger and bend in half. Then as you lay out the piping slip the "U" shaped wire over the piping and into the ground in short intervals. Other than the drip irrigation piping's curling problem the rest of the installation is simple and easy. Oh by the way because the drip irrigation system uses low water pressure to operate you can leave it on and make repairs or changes. You will get squirted a bit as you add fittings or change them but on a hot day it's a quite welcomed distraction.

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