I laid my drip line on top of the mulch just to keep an eye on it: when I dug under the hose in August, I understood where my water was really going
A gardener’s August discovery revealed why six weeks of drip irrigation produced no soil moisture: the hose was sitting on top of the mulch instead of beneath it. This simple placement error can waste most of your water before it ever reaches the root zone, but the fix takes just an afternoon.