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ew===== Irrigation by hand =====

==== Watering cans ====

When there are just a few pots on one of the decks, it is convenient to carry a couple of watering cans.

==== Long hose ====

There is no water faucet near the native plant area, so I hook up four hoses to water each of the almost 30 native plants.

I have a water hose shut-off coupler valve on the male end of each hose. With the shut-off valve off, I can turn the water on at the faucet, move the hose to the desired area, and attach another hose at the coupler or change from one spray attachment to another. I use this often to water raised beds manually using a nozzle and then switch to the drip irrigation timer.

{{ :garden:infrastructure:orbitspraynozzle.jpg?200|Orbit spray nozzle}}My favorite nozzle is the Orbit 58297N 58297 Hose Spray Nozzle. It has a rain-like spray, perfect for use in watering flowers, shrubs, raised beds, and newly seeded areas. It has a built in valve and sprays a wide, fan-shaped area, for thorough watering of a bed.

==== Hose or drip tape with timer ====

To water just the correct amount or a repetitive amount, I connect a timer to a faucet and direct the spray manually.
 Most often I use this to irrigate the raspberries. In a few cases I irrigate a flower bed manually through a timer, so I know how much water I have sprayed.

==== Oscillating sprinkler ====

When watering newly seeded grass.
Need to avoid too much watering and flooding a specific area, which may wash away the seeds or make them too wet.

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