A Big Project Finished!

Our front yard in the Spring

 This past summer's heat and lack of rain was brutal to our lawn. I am so glad that we finished installing our irrigation system for our front and side yards yesterday. I am beyond tired from filling in all those trenches. We spent most of today cleaning up and putting things away. Oy! What a mess. I still have to clean the inside of the house tomorrow.

 

Mr. Fanatic cut the lawn really short today in anticipation of aeration and seeding in the next couple of days. We called someone else to do the aerating! I think Mr. F worked hard enough this week.

 

 

In a couple of weeks our yard will look like this. I am looking forward to having lush green grass again : )

I hope you had a much more relaxing weekend than I did!

Pam

Another Big Project???

Yes, Mr. Fanatic is at it again. Saturday he rented one of these:

to do this:

 We have lived in our home for ten years without an irrigation system. Hard to believe, considering the large yard we have, but we have only had to water one or two days a week in August and in September after re-seeding for the fall. Ten years ago, the builder wanted $6,500 to install a basic system. We thought it was a little steep. Mr. F is only doing the front yard this week. We can handle watering the backyard.

Of course Saturday it was still in the low 90's! Digging trenches, even with the machinery was hard work!

We were a little nervous about the forecast for 4" of rain --and downpours filling in the newly dug trenches, but even the though rain fell Saturday night through yesterday it wasn't that heavy and we only had 2". It was probably a good thing that it rained for two days because Mr. Fanatic definitely needed a break! Sunday we purchased supplies  and laid them out on a sawhorse table in the garage. Cost for the supplies and for renting the machine and hiring a helper will probably be around $800.

Since it was still raining on Monday,  he built this...

...and ran wires so he could hook up the control panel.

Today it's back to the trenches!

Pam


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