{"id":1362,"date":"2011-06-13T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2011-06-13T03:00:53","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T07:00:53","slug":"q-and-a-using-soaker-hoses-and-thanks-for-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2011\/06\/13\/q-and-a-using-soaker-hoses-and-thanks-for-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: Using soaker hoses and Thanks for everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Using soaker hoses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I live in North Alabama and we are already having 90+ degree weather. I got soaker hoses for my garden today and can not decide on how long I should run them and how often.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cindy Adams<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Florence, Alabama<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It depends on your soil. If it is sandy or gravelly, the water will drain down fairly quickly, so you&#8217;ll need to run your soakers longer and more often than if you have a clay-based soil. To tell if you need to run them more, just dig down between the plants, in line with your hose. (Don&#8217;t cut the hose!) The soil should be evenly moist but not soggy between waterings. You want about an inch of water twice a week (on average, again depending on your soil). Be sure to water enough so the deeper roots of the plants get adequate moisture. By using an organic mulch, such as straw, it will help conserve moisture, keeping the ground moist with less water use. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks for everything<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Jackie, I don&#8217;t have a question at this time. But I do want to say what an inspiration you are to so many people. Including myself. There are the building things that you do that I am slowly learning. But the canning, Holy Smokes, that has really taken off in my household. I just wanted to say thanks for all that you have done through out the years for all of us. And hope that you will continue throughout many more years. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Maida Gaddis<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Myrtle Creek, Oregon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the kind words. I&#8217;m so happy that you&#8217;re doing so well and canning up a storm. Great! And have lots of fun, too! &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using soaker hoses I live in North Alabama and we are already having 90+ degree weather. I got soaker hoses for my garden today and can not decide on how long I should run them and how often. Cindy Adams Florence, Alabama It depends on your soil. If it is sandy or gravelly, the water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}