A well may not be cheep. First it has to be drilled. Then it has to have a case. Then you need a way to get the water out.

The bucket and a rope is a lot of work to water a garden.

The hand pump. Not a joyful chore either.

Then the deeper the water the more work it takes to get up.

How deep would the well need to be? I think it cost me about 7 dollars a foot to have my well drilled.

I went with an electric pump and pressure tank. About 800 installed. Then a well house.

Just how far wouild you have to lay pipe?

You might look realy cool watering your garden with an old fire truck.

I don't know if this solution is what you are looking for, but here is what I did.

I needed a water hose in the back yard but only has a spigot in the front yard.

I purchased a Y-connector for the hose in the front and then connected a garden hose to the connector, I then simply burried the hose about 10 inches under ground and then hooked it to a spigon in the back yard attached to a 4X4 post. It was a cheap solution and works well for me. If you live in a colder climate it might not work,

I recycled two very tall plastic drums/barrels (my partner got them from the factory where she works and we cleaned them well) then set them under the corner of the shed. When it rains, these drums fill with rainwater which I use in my garden.

I put mosquito dunks in them so that mosquitos don't breed there, and keep a large watering can nearby.

The water gets a brownish or greenish cast to it after a while, depending on what the wind is blowing around (leaves from nearby trees, seeds, pollen, bits of flowers, and bugs) I hope that stuff isn't bad for the garden? So far, I see no ill effects.

Anyway, depending on how often you get rain, this can save you a lot of time and effort hauling your hose around (my hose is wayyy on the other side of the house too), and when you arent getting rain you can haul the hose to fill the barrel/drums maybe once a week instead of everyday.

I've heard that it's best to let tapwater stand out so that it can (somehow?) evaporate the chlorine that is added to city water - before it is used on plants, so this works for that too. Also it warms the water...seems to me the plants have to like that better than the chilly water from the hose.