Designing An Irrigation System
Best Practices in the First Step of the Irrigation Process This article discusses how to design an irrigation system. If you are old enough you remember the Pinto. New Coke? The Newton? Zune? Mars Needs Moms? Trying to cover all bases here. These are all products that failed due to poor design. The strange thing […]
Combat Drought With A Rain Barrell
The Rain Barrell Method: Tuck and roll… TUCK AND ROLL! You’re wondering how I’m going to tie zombies in with rain barrels, aren’t you? It’s easy. First I want to talk about rain barrels and why you want one. I generally believe that free is better than costs money. I really like free when it’s […]
New Landscape Will Save You Money
The Benefits Of A Well Designed Sprinkler System This article explains the importance of a new landscape and how it will save you money. Planning for your customer’s springtime landscape will need to be done soon. Saving money and water can be a great way to keep your wallet fat and your customers coming back. […]
Drought? There Ain’t No Stinking Drought. Waiter! Two Drops Of Water, Please.
Why Water Conservation Is So Important So let’s talk about money. Yours, mine, yours and yours. I do want to go over one water fact first. It’s a surprising fact to many people, even though it’s obvious. Fact: the Earth will never, ever run out of water. Ever. Never. Can’t happen until the Sun, novas, […]
SPF = Some People Fry SPM = Some People Melt
Use Sunscreen As Much As Possible Couple of safety issues to go over today. We want to keep our customers healthy and buying stuff. Some people fry. No sunburn. Sunburn = bad. Too much sunburn = cancer = really bad. I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on sunscreen lotions. I do, however, […]
How We Picked Our Team. Irrigation Supplies, Major League
The Big Players You Should Know About Ever wonder why a company picks certain products to carry? Sometimes it is obvious: if you are going to sell groceries you need to sell Kraft products. Sometimes it is not, like the Tabasco flavored tequila now on the market. Don’t try that one. Seriously. Choosing the product […]
It’s Just Neat.
Wait, you guys sell this? Found out we sell some interesting things. Some are just interesting, some are downright useful and one made me look twice and then start laughing. You get to figure out which one. Superman’s x-ray vision has nothing on these. The TurfSpy glasses let you see problems early, long before they […]
Step By Step Routine Maintenance
Okay, so step one is… This article is a step by step routine maintenance guide for your sprinkler system. Links to repair parts and replacements as well as steps in how to clean and reuse parts is provided throughout the article. 1. Head Assembly: Start with the head assembly, which can consist of many different […]
Wet Spots Or Slow Leakage Out Of Sprinklers When System Is Off
How To Fix Wet Spots Or Leakage When Sprinkler System Is Off This article explains why wet spots or slow leakage comes out of sprinklers when the system is off the goal of an irrigation system is to evenly apply water in a desired manner on a scheduled basis. Areas that are continuously wet or […]
My Sprinkler System Is Using Too Much Water
Save Water, Save Your Sprinkler System This article discusses how and why your sprinkler system could be using too much water. Excessive use of water or large jumps from your normal usage can sometimes be an indication of irrigation problems. Over-watering, inappropriate scheduling, malfunctioning equipment, and broken water lines can all lead to an unnecessary […]
