Showing posts with label irrigation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label irrigation. Show all posts
Melnor WiFi AquaTimer Review
How many sprinklers can a garden hose run?
What are the best hose connected sprinklers and how many can you connect together? If you don't have an irrigation system for your lawn...
Watering Grass Seed With A Pump Spayer
For patching small areas of lawn you can use a pump sprayer as a sprinkler to help keep the seed moist to aid germination. One of the ma...
Connecting Multiple Drip Irrigation Zones To A Garden Hose
Designing my Square Foot Garden raised beds got me thinking about installing drip irrigation in other parts of the landscape. To handle d...
How To Draw A Landscape Plan With Sketchup
Having a landscape drawing allows you to quickly plan changes to your landscape as well as measure the square footage of your beds and law...
Fixing Break On Gilmour Spike Hose Connector
One common complaint I've seen regarding the Gilmour Sprinkler on Metal Spike is that the hose connector breaks. Once it breaks you ...
Reducing Sprinkler Overspray and Mist
Even on days with very little wind, water from an in-ground sprinkler system can blow where you don't want it because the fine spray n...
How To Mount Rotor Sprinkler On Spike
I have a couple of Gilmour Metal Impulse Sprinklers on Zinc Spike Bases . They work very well but they can be loud, even after using my te...
Suncast Hose Reel STA125B Review
I've owned my Suncast Sidetracker 125-Foot Garden Hose Reel for just over 3 years now and wanted to update my review . There have bee...
Use Rain Gauges To Save Water
A rain gauge is a device you place in your garden to see how much rain has fallen on your landscape in a given period. There are simple rain...
1" Of Water Per Week and Other Lawn Watering Myths
How much should you water your lawn? That's a very common question and one that gets asked frequently and there are some common answ...
Mowing Tips For A Healthy Lawn
Following these tips will help keep your grass looking it's best. This isn't about creating an even surface or making perfect stripe...
Trouble getting grass seeds to germinate?
Did you plant a new lawn or overseed an existing lawn and your grass seed failed to germinate properly? That's very common. Grass needs...
Realtime Landscape Architect
I was hoping to find some free sprinkler design software to help plan out a sprinkler system I want to install but never seem to get around ...
How To Quiet An Impact Sprinkler
Chik - Chik -Chik - Chik - Chik - Chick -- Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch You know that familiar sound of an impact sprinkler. I find it pl...
Fixing a Leaking Hose Reel
So wouldn't you know it, after reading all those reviews when I was trying to decide what type of hose reel I should get and seeing so...
Choosing A Hose Reel
I never really gave hose reels much thought. For years, I've just used a hose hanger, similar to the one pictured right, that came wit...
Should I water my lawn?
That's a common question we all ask. For some information view the previous post on Low and No Cost Lawn Care where I discuss proper mo...
Lawn sprinklers for small lawns
So you've read up on proper lawn care, especially how to water your lawn and as much as you want to pamper your lawn, you just can'...
No and Low Cost Lawn Care
photo by Pauline Eccles There are a lot of things you can do to your lawn that will cost you little or no money and will have a big effe...