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Homemade SIP-Bed System
Homemade SIP-Bed System

With his Homemade SIP-Bed System, Lexington, OK, homesteader Jason Diehl can be sure his raised-bed vegetables always get the moisture needed. Each of Diehl's 16-inch-deep wooden SIP-sub-irrigated planter-beds is lined with 15 mil. pond liner and has six lengths of 4-inch-diameter perforated drain tile at the bottom, beneath the soil. An inlet pipe at one end of the bed allows Diehl to hose-fill these tiles, which serve as hidden reservoirs; and an overflow pipe at the other end (positioned just above the tiles) drains away any excess. With this system, he waters only about once a week.

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Limitations Limitations Addressed by Product: Lower extremity, Upper extremity, Strength/endurance, Back


SourceFarm Show Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 2
Jason Diehl
10201 Banner Road
Lexington, OK, 73051
EmailJason.diehl@turbowebs.com
Phone405-255-1249
Est. CostNominal
Last updated: May 24, 2024


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