I hadn’t considered automated irrigation earlier …. (though wished for a simpler task when dragging hoses to the various trees/shrubs). This also meant I missed watering the trees when necessary. The few cold nights couple of weeks ago was brutal. Waiting for Spring to see which of the trees survived.

Having invested a significant dollars on the trees, I want to ensure the trees get adequate attention so they establish and grow well.

Thanks for edyn link. It looks interesting, and I think it will work well for the vegetable garden. Have to check if it will work for the trees where I am starting to use 3-4” of mulch.

This is definitely a time consuming project for me, in the sense I need to read up on every aspect.