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...but not as bad as they could have been.
The water system is entirely my "design" from my head (not that I actually planned it out with sketches or anything).
I bought a small 12-volt water pump (something similar to this):
https://www.amazon.com/YEHAM-Micro-Submersible-Water-Pumps/dp/B06Y2T63PX/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1529344094&sr=8-10&keywords=Submersible+12V+Pump
Along with a solar battery charger:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017K6PH1S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1#HLCXComparisonWidget_feature_div
And used an old 12-volt battery, wiring, tubing, PVC pipe and fittings and the water tank I had laying around.
I fill the tank from my pond (takes about 2.5-hours for 200 gallons) which doesn't seem to stress that battery in the least. I keep the solar charger hooked up to the battery 24-hours a day and only fill the tank once every 5 to 7-days, depending on usage.
The water flows from the tank by gravity. In the evenings, I just lower each tube to a plant to drain the tank. I then relocate the tube to another plant every few minutes, which makes for a long walk of circles from plant/tube to plant/tube for the 3 lines I have built in to use at a time (all part of the "get off the couch" plan). Each plant get about 2-gallons per watering.
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