Install drip irrigation on a public teaching-garden bed: Stockton, CA

Community and teaching gardens lose crops and waste water to hand watering that misses days. A surface drip kit on an existing public bed delivers steady water to each plant and frees volunteers for the growing. Site: a public community garden or orchard in Stockton, CA. Standard: Low-pressure drip irrigation kit install on an existing public community/teaching garden bed per manufacturer instructions; hand tools, surface lay; SDG 2.4 and 6.4 Proof: before/after photos of the bed + drip lines laid and tested, emitter count, GPS Method (Surface drip kit install on an existing public bed per manufacturer instructions: photograph as found, lay the header and emitter lines, connect to the existing hose bib, test each emitter, photo verify. Surface lay only., ~60-150 min): 1. Photo the bed as found. 2. Lay the header line and emitter tubing at each plant, surface only. 3. Connect to the existing hose bib or timer. 4. Test: run and confirm each emitter wets its plant; after photo + emitter count. Equipment: low-pressure drip kit sized to the bed, hand tools per kit, camera + GPS phone Done when: Drip lines laid to every plant and running on the test; Emitter count recorded; Before/after photos + GPS

Where

a public community garden or orchard in Stockton, CA

Pay

$80 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

before/after photos of the bed + drip lines laid and tested, emitter count, GPS

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-08-23

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 60–150 minutes. Method of record: Surface drip kit install on an existing public bed per manufacturer instructions: photograph as found, lay the header and emitter lines, connect to the existing hose bib, test each emitter, photo verify. Surface lay only.

Bring

• low-pressure drip kit sized to the bed
• hand tools per kit
• camera + GPS phone

Steps

1. 1. Photo the bed as found.
2. 2. Lay the header line and emitter tubing at each plant, surface only.
3. 3. Connect to the existing hose bib or timer.
4. 4. Test: run and confirm each emitter wets its plant; after photo + emitter count.

If it does not match the plan

• Bed needs a new buried supply line: STOP, route to a contractor
• Hose bib leaks or lacks a backflow preventer: note and report
• Bed is on a site without posted public access: skip

What counts as done

• Drip lines laid to every plant and running on the test
• Emitter count recorded
• Before/after photos + GPS

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.