With the hosepipe ban, it has been awkward to water the pots and baskets hanging on the walls - I'm often watered more than the plants! So it was clear I needed to sort out some irrigation from the water butt. The pressure wasn't great enough coming out of the water butt to force water up to the higher pots, and @smallcasserole pointed out that if it was then I'd have invented a perpetual motion machine, so in the end it was easier to get some kind of pump than to change the laws of physics.
This little chap has proven very useful. It's not a direct link to the water butt, but it takes very little time to fill, and a few pumps are plenty to force the water up to the top pots.
I'm hoping the jasmine will grow a bit more, to cover the hoses. It's a kludge, but it's worked well, and the hose can always be hooked up to the mains taps when the ban has been lifted (though I rather like recycling our minging shower water).
This little chap has proven very useful. It's not a direct link to the water butt, but it takes very little time to fill, and a few pumps are plenty to force the water up to the top pots.
I'm hoping the jasmine will grow a bit more, to cover the hoses. It's a kludge, but it's worked well, and the hose can always be hooked up to the mains taps when the ban has been lifted (though I rather like recycling our minging shower water).
