I had a 3 day weekend and great weather this weekend and ended up doing a lot of work in the garden.

I had 2 beds that still needed the mittleider irrigation system put in. The last time I drilled the holes, I did them by hand just using a drill. The holes that are drilled into the pvc are very tiny and the drill bits are extremely thin. I went through a lot of drill bits by breaking them. This time, I got a makeshift drill press setup and it worked a lot better; I was able to drill 12 lengths of 10' pipe without breaking a bit.

The drill bits used are size 57 bits.

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I ended up getting this drill press stand for a dremel:

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And this V Block that wasn't necessarily made with the dremel drill press in mind but I made it work.

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Let me assure you, this setup was so much better than doing it by hand. Every single hole was made at the same angle and went very quickly. I highly recommend this setup.

And the finished product, my beds #6 and #7 have their water irrigation system installed and tested.

Here's an update on the plants in the garden. The lettuce is looking good, the swiss chard not so much, it may be dead. The broccoli and cabbage is looking good and we have signs of life with the potatoes.

See my other Gardening and Homesteading Posts

I do the Mittleider Method, see my Mittleider Gardening Posts

• Mittleider Gardening
• Mittleider Book
• Deer Fence
• Mittleider Trellis System 
• Twine for the Trellis System
• Mittleider Watering System
• Benefits of the Raised Bed System
• In the Garden Greenhouse hoops

I also have tried the Square Foot Gardening Method

• Square Foot Gardening

Various Techniques and Equipment

• Pressure Canning Green Beans
• Hand Pollinating Squash/Zucchini
• Roma Tomato harvest and Water Bath Canning
• Potato Harvest and Pressure Canning Potatoes
• Black Eyed Peas - Harvest and Storage
• Harbor Freight 6x8 Greenhouse Construction

Harvesting Posts/General Updates

• Garden Update - 3/10/18
• Garden Update - More potato planting, Agribon and in the garden greenhouse construction - 3/5/18
• Garden Update - Planting Potatoes - 2/25/18
• Garden Update - preparing for planting - 2/24/18
• Garden Update - Broccoli Harvest - 1/1/18
• Garden Update - Cabbage Harvest - 12/6/17
• Garden Update - Final Summer plants - 11/9/17
• Garden Update - 11/5/17
• Garden Update - 11/4/17
• Garden Update - 10/10/17
• Garden Harvest - 10/4/17
• Green Bean Harvest - 9/24/17
• Fall Garden Update - 9/23/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/23/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/20/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/18/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/17/17
• Garden Harvest and Food Donation - 6/15/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/16/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/7/17
• Tomato Progress - 5/31/17
• Garden Harvest - 5/30/17