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Jul 17, 2012 8:29 PM CST
Name: Franklin Troiso
Rutland, MA (Zone 5b)
Life is to short to eat rice cakes
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i used 5 gallon containers that you can buy in lowes or home depot. they sell them as ;paint contianers. first i drilled 4 drainage holesthe size of a quarter two inches from the bottom of the container. then i drilled two holes just a bit bigger than the drainage holes as close to the top as i could ge on both sides of the container but making sure they wre in line with each other . i attached one end ofthe soaker hoseto my water timer andthen ran the hose through the holes at the top of each container.i had about 10 containers at the time. i scheduled the wter to turn on at 8 am each morning and shut off after two hours.

hope that helps. if you have any more quesitons just ask.
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frank

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