Irrigation System

One of last winter's projects was to put in water points around the garden. Until now, we've been dragging hoses all over the place from a rough-and-ready distribution point that I set up when we first arrived. But with watering a daily task for many months over the summer (in a typical year, anyway), we had tired of doing that. We were spending more time carefully pulling hoses around the beds (to avoid damaging anything) than we did actually watering.

So far, there are six water points, each of a different design. One is simply a column of slate with a tap attached. Another a temporary wooden pillar. Three, though, I went to town with. They might be called follies -- except that they do have a real use.

That's the rather standard one. A simple brick and mortar structure with a couple of old tiles for a roof.

Then there's the 'cairn', built with scraps of granite and boasting two taps and an access door.

Finally, the piece de resistance, a tiled table for potting or whatever, fitted with taps at either side.