THE DESIGN
The first step was to draw out and come up with a plan for the bed design. The size of the bed was determined on the way the ground held water, which luckily we had a rainstorm the day before to help in this determination. The above sketch shows the dimensions of the bed and the layout of the irrigation system.
There bed is 110.5ft x 28ft x 10.5ft in an "L" shape with an 8-10 inch depth.
The bed has 8 irrigation zones, 7 that are 16ft on city water, 1 that is 17.5ft in the "L section" on rain water. There are 3 rain water hose-bib areas in the bed that are approximately 50ft apart, and 2 city water hose-bibs to wash tools and access water when needed.
The foundation of the bed would be made from limestone and have a caliche path all the way around the perimeter, so that the bed can be accessed by carts and other equipment readily.
There bed is 110.5ft x 28ft x 10.5ft in an "L" shape with an 8-10 inch depth.
The bed has 8 irrigation zones, 7 that are 16ft on city water, 1 that is 17.5ft in the "L section" on rain water. There are 3 rain water hose-bib areas in the bed that are approximately 50ft apart, and 2 city water hose-bibs to wash tools and access water when needed.
The foundation of the bed would be made from limestone and have a caliche path all the way around the perimeter, so that the bed can be accessed by carts and other equipment readily.
We built T-shaped post that would be our guide-line to maintain our height and corners as we built the bed. String was tied tight to the T-posts from one to the other and leveled to form the outline of the bed. The T-posts were set up so that the string would cross and that intersection would be the corners of the bed. The string attached to the T-posts aided us in keeping to those specs as we built the bed.