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Show me your rainwater irrigation setups!

 
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Collect rainwater in some fashion? Use it to irrigate your forest garden or permaculture system, either gravity driven or maybe with solar pumps, maybe with drip lines? Seasonal drip lines? Buried drip lines (maybe in the mulch) that survive the winter without too much protection?

I'm way out from this stage, so I have plenty of time for inspiration and design, and I would love to see some setups!!
 
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I’m in the process of building out my irrigation system. For collection, I’m digging out trenches in a low section of my property that are two feet wide and 2-3 feet deep. Then using a trash pump to send out water via agricultural sprinklers at a rate of 100-150 gallons a minute.

I had thought about doing a micro sprinkler set up, which would be far more efficient in terms of water usage. However, doing that would be significantly increase the complexity/cost of the system and would require filtering of the water. Since I can add 5,000 gallons of additional storage with a couple hours of backhoe time, it’s easier to just increase capacity than increase water efficiency.
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Water storing trench
Water storing trench
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Sprinklers in action
Sprinklers in action
 
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