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Different sprinkler question
I have a small yard and a small garden. The front yard is square; the
back yard is L-shaped and most of the long arm is taken up by a boat and trailer. I have two raised beds and the rest is lawn. I hope this is enough description. What would be your preference- an oscillating sprinkler or an impact sprinkler? I have had very bad luck with oscillating sprinklers- they seem to break after a couple of weeks. If you have a good brand to recommend, please include it! Thanks Chris |
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Different sprinkler question
Chris wrote:
I have a small yard and a small garden. The front yard is square; the back yard is L-shaped and most of the long arm is taken up by a boat and trailer. I have two raised beds and the rest is lawn. I hope this is enough description. What would be your preference- an oscillating sprinkler or an impact sprinkler? I have had very bad luck with oscillating sprinklers- they seem to break after a couple of weeks. If you have a good brand to recommend, please include it! For small to medium areas pop up sprinkler heads work well. They're typically set at the perimeter and adjusted for so many degrees of arc and spray distance, so that the spray patterns overlap. One at each corner of a rectangle and one at the center of each long leg will typically suffice. They'd have no problem watering the "L" shape you describe. Impact heads are used for larger areas as they throw water greater distances. You can learn most of what you need to know he http://www.rainbird.com/index.htm With automatic sprinkler systems I strongly suggest hiring a qualified installation specialist, and buy a maintenence contract, in the end that will cost you less and you'll have a system that actually works. |
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Different sprinkler question
On Jul 27, 3:05*pm, Chris wrote:
I have a small yard and a small garden. The front yard is square; the back yard is L-shaped and most of the long arm is taken up by a boat and trailer. I have two raised beds and the rest is lawn. I hope this is enough description. What would be your preference- an oscillating sprinkler or an impact sprinkler? I have had very bad luck with oscillating sprinklers- they seem to break after a couple of weeks. If you have a good brand to recommend, please include it! Thanks Chris Would drip irrigation be practicable for a lawn? What are the dimensions of the lawn? Where are the raised beds in relation to the lawn? In the middle? On the sides? What plants are in the raised beds? How much water do they need by comparison with the lawn? Al these are pertinent factors. As to choice of sprinklers, I just use old-fashioned screw-on sprinklers, choosing rectangular holes or circular holes depending where I want the throw. HB HB |
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, Higgs Boson wrote: On Jul 27, 3:05*pm, Chris wrote: I have a small yard and a small garden. The front yard is square; the back yard is L-shaped and most of the long arm is taken up by a boat and trailer. I have two raised beds and the rest is lawn. I hope this is enough description. What would be your preference- an oscillating sprinkler or an impact sprinkler? I have had very bad luck with oscillating sprinklers- they seem to break after a couple of weeks. If you have a good brand to recommend, please include it! Thanks Chris Would drip irrigation be practicable for a lawn? What are the dimensions of the lawn? Where are the raised beds in relation to the lawn? In the middle? On the sides? What plants are in the raised beds? How much water do they need by comparison with the lawn? Al these are pertinent factors. As to choice of sprinklers, I just use old-fashioned screw-on sprinklers, choosing rectangular holes or circular holes depending where I want the throw. HB HB Squash, melons, and tomatoes don't do well, if their leaves get wet. -- - Billy Obama is now backing a bipartisan Senate budget plan that would cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy. In addition to entitlement cuts, the so-called "Gang of Six" plan would eliminate a number of popular tax breaks and deductions, including write-offs for home mortgage interest and employer-provided health benefits. The savings would help offset the cost of then lowering the top individual and corporate tax rates from 35 percent to at least 29 percent. America is not broke. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore /michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/ You put Lloyd Blankfein in pound-me-in-the-ass prison for one six-month term, and all this bullshit would stop, all over Wall Street. That's all it would take. Just once. Vote 3rd Party |
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