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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.
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.
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 with timer
To water just the correct amount or a repetitive amount, I connect timer to faucet and direct the spray manually. Particularly the drip irrigation timer for the raspberries.
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.