Hi all, I'm creating a public food forest-inspired garden in Central Washington state. (Roughly Zone 6 USDA Hardiness). My largest question is how do I irrigate this thing?? I'll be growing some
native plants, but also many fruit trees/shrubs/vines/groundcover/herbs. It's on flat
land, we get minimal precipitation in the growing months, and we have access to
irrigation canal/city water in abundance. Ideally I could dig swales, and gravity
feed or flood the area, but I don't think either of those is possible given the flat and sandy soil. At this point I'm resorting to using drip irrigation on timers. If y'all think this is the best strategy, the second question is, what kind of drip irrigation materials to use? I would ideally create a twisty curvy garden that has more rounded pathways with guilds of plants in between, but that presents a challenge with how to run irrigation lines that way. The other option is to do relatively straight rows and run irrigation along those. What is everyones thoughts on this, and perhaps what kinds of irrigation materials would you suggest using? Thank you.