I had a section of garden that I needed to irrigate but I didn't want to extend the "leaky' hose system I have installed for my vegetable growing.
Reasons?: cost and convenience.
So I got myself some terracotta wine coolers instead.
Tip: drink the wine first.
Unglazed Terracotta 'leaks' -- it sweats water because the clay remains porous:
Porous terracotta pots buried under the soil slowly seep out water under the pressure of gravity, keeping the soil moist and providing ongoing local irrigation. These buried terracotta chambers are called Ollas or 'wetpots'.
It's an efficient and convenient method of watering. Since terracotta pots aren't so cheap nowadays I went shopping at local Op shops for unglazed wine coolers instead. I picked up 6 in a couple of hours op-shop shopping. The wine coolers don't require any adjustments before they can be put to use: no holes need filling or saucers glued into place.
Just bury them and top with a lid (saucer, tile, rock or whatever).
