Comments on gardenpunk: Sprinkler Conversion

Oh Katie, I'm sorry for all the mishaps...it's fru...

2009-07-01T06:33:01.975-07:00

Oh Katie, I'm sorry for all the mishaps...it's frustrating! I do envy your drip irrigation tho. Just 2 days ago I was cursing the front lawn as I watered it. It just takes waaaay to much precious water, and still it looks like crap. I was telling my hubby as he had just come back from work that it ALL needed to go YESTERDAY! He nodded understsandinly, then tld me I need to plan out a front veggie/orchard garden...he's great...lol. We have sooo many projects we'd like to do, but it will definitely take years for many of them to come to fruition. Thank you for posting your struggles.

me too! I so need to take more time with my projec...

2009-06-30T20:32:01.878-07:00

me too! I so need to take more time with my projects...thankfully I married a man who takes a lot of time and ends with perfection to fight my impulsive tendencies....why do we do that? Just the other morning I didn't have anything to wear and so I decided I'd real quick like finish up a skirt I have been making before getting Margot to daycare. ha. Cut the first piece of fabric to the wrong size and finish it and was late...it never works!

I feel your pain. I live in California so irrigati...

2009-06-29T23:27:14.266-07:00

I feel your pain. I live in California so irrigation is a must. I won't even put in a new garden for someone if they don't do irrigation first (learned the hard way). I love it. And I have had many melt downs with it. Since you are starting from scratch I would highly recommend making an irrigation map so you will never question where the line runs when you want to make a change. And also never bury the line too deeply under mulch, trying to find a buried line is really no fun. Best of luck to you. It'll be worth it. Later. Remember beer makes these kinds of projects a little easier!

It's irritation, not irrigation. Makes a person wa...

2009-06-29T10:07:19.481-07:00

It's irritation, not irrigation. Makes a person want to plant only cactus and agaves.

Katie, I completely understand your frustration - ...

2009-06-29T03:31:21.458-07:00

Katie, I completely understand your frustration - I think we've spent the last eight or nine months cobbling together last minute projects because we've suddenly realised that if we don't do 'something' we won't do 'anything' and this weekend we had to repair our cold frame because a botched job on it over the winter resulted in broken glass in our cucumber plants.

Yes, one of these days you will look back on this ...

2009-06-27T10:28:01.371-07:00

Yes, one of these days you will look back on this project as a "learning" experience. Even the best laid plans go awry. Patience is what a gardener must learn. It sounds like you have learned well.

Sounds like a great project, and a wonderful learn...

2009-06-26T16:58:42.346-07:00

Sounds like a great project, and a wonderful learning experience in spite of the frustrations.

But just think how much time you will save, the ne...

2009-06-25T18:44:26.283-07:00

But just think how much time you will save, the next time you do this!

I'm like you, once I decide on a project I want it...

2009-06-25T05:24:54.819-07:00

I'm like you, once I decide on a project I want it done yesterday. Lucky for me I'm married to a man with patience and the wisdom to slow down and plan things out. He seems to move at a turtle's pace, but our projects and decisions are, well, almost always, better for it.

Well done, love the photos and the system looks gr...

2009-06-25T03:53:31.963-07:00

Well done, love the photos and the system looks great. Love the blog too, :-) You may be interested in the work of Send a Cow -http://www.sendacow.org.uk/ourwork - We work with rural community groups in nine countries in Africa, providing small-scale farmers with the skills and means to feed their families and earn an income. It's all about helping to develop sustainable farming methods!

Irrigation supply houses near you. Some are wholes...

2009-06-24T10:58:29.072-07:00

Irrigation supply houses near you. Some are wholesale, though. Consider the John Deere Landscaping stores.
http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en-us&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=irrigation+supplies+folsom&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&ei=gmhCSpioKZHUsgOQpLTLDw&sa=X&oi=local_group&ct=more-results&cd=1&resnum=1

Katie — Thanks for that nice shout out! I think ch...

2009-06-24T05:33:37.058-07:00

Katie — Thanks for that nice shout out! I think changing an existing set-up is always more difficult than just starting a project from scratch. Luckily we have a decent hardware store within walking distance and HD is very close, too, if we get desperate.

It certainly helps to think of the garden as ongoing (or perhaps never-ending projects!). We just started a simple one that we've talked about for a year or so. And even though Mark needs to get started on the tea house again, this is something that can be done in a couple of weeks. We're adding a stone edge to a path and replacing bark mulch on the path with gravel. Everything washed out in recent storms and it seemed like the time to do it — otherwise we have to go buy mulch and rebuild the path anyway. It will help keep me patient with the tea house project to see progress elsewhere in the garden.

The missing photo here--wet and muddy Katie glarin...

2009-06-24T00:47:57.152-07:00

The missing photo here--wet and muddy Katie glaring at the sprinkler!