http://www.watertogrow.com Update your lawn sprinkler knowledge. Wed, 16 May 2007 03:15:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You certainly don't need one of these little gadgets to connect your sprinkler heads, but for little bit of extra money this will save you some time. Before I found one of these poly-pipe saddles the procedure for me to add a sprinkler head to my underground line was a ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2007/05/poly-pipe-saddle/ Last year I wrote about the Sidewalk Sleever to tunnel under sidewalks and other above ground obstructions that you can't trench through, and if you're doing a lot of tunneling or even have 2 or 3 tough spots then the Sidewalk Sleever might be the ticket. For most of the jobs ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2007/05/cheap-tunneling-kit-for-underground-sprinklers/ This may not look like much, and if you have never used one you may wonder why I am writing a post about a hose clamp, but this little thing can save you a lot of time and trouble. A one ear hose clamp is named due to the shape of ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2006/12/one-ear-hose-clamp/ I think the most common use for this small tubing is for drip irrigation systems. The tubing is very small at about 1/4" in outer diameter and usually comes in lengths of 100 or 500 feet. The roll pictured here is 500 feet. This is another form of poly-pipe and ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2006/11/poly-black-micro-tube-for-drip-irrigation/ Drip Irrigation systems are primarily used to water non-grass landscaping, such as flower gardens, ground cover plants, trees, shrubs and vegetable gardens. You can build your drip irrigation system onto your existing sprinkler system. When I design my system, I always plan on one extra valve on one of the valve ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2006/10/drip-irrigation-systems/ A valve manifold can sometimes sound like an intimidating phrase to someone dealing with a sprinkler system for the first time, but as complicated as it may sound, it's really not that bad. I don't think any one part of a sprinkler system is every really complicated, but if something was ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2006/10/sprinkler-system-valve-manifold/ If you live in an area of the world where the tempurature is going to get below the freezing point of water for any amount of time during the winter, about now you need to be thinking about blowing out your sprinklers if you haven't already. You system may have line ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2006/10/blowing-out-your-sprinklers/ This is another one of those tools that pays for themselves in a relatively short amount of time, even with one job. A trenching shovel can be a very handy tool when installing your sprinkler system, even if you are using a trencher or pipe puller to put most of ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2006/09/trenching-shovel/ Controllers are an integral part of an automatic sprinkler system, and I wanted to make a post about controllers in general. Many people call it a timer, and it is used to control when your sprinklers come on and turn off, and how long to run them. Without going ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2006/09/controllers-for-automatic-sprinklers/ A Rain Sensor is a device that hooks into your automatic timer/controller to regulate your watering when it's raining out. If you have automatic sprinklers on a timer, they are set to run on a schedule no matter what the weather, and if the weather or season changes, it is usually ... http://www.watertogrow.com/2006/09/rain-sensor/