- 1). Screw old garden hoses together, connecting enough of them to snake through your entire garden. For instance, if your garden contains four 5-foot-long, 1-foot-wide rows of produce, five 6-foot-long garden hoses are needed to cover the entire garden. The extra hose will serve as a lead to deliver the water to the system.
- 2). Drill holes in all but one of the garden hoses. Use a 1/8-inch drill bit and space the holes about 2 inches apart. Drill slowly, and don't push; you could break the thin drill bit. Be patient; if you have a lot of garden hoses, it will take at least one hour to pierce them all.
- 3). Dig a trench that zigzags up and down your garden rows. The trench should be at least 4 inches deep and about 2 inches wide.
- 4). Put the garden hoses in place for irrigation. Lay the pierced garden hoses in the trench with the holed parts facing downward in the soil. Plug the end of the last pierced garden hose with a plastic hose cap. Then cover the hoses with soil, and pat down that soil firmly.
- 5). Screw the end of the lead garden hose into an outdoor spigot.
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