Re: sprinkler woes!/but pond success!

Good news on your mom's pond.  Sorry the sprinkler situation is still
a hassle.  How's the job search going for DH BTW?  Any bulletins
there?

On 8/14/05, Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net> wrote:
> I forgot to mention.  My brouther in law finally got time to put the new
> flexible liner into my mom's little pond at her house in Texas.  She was
> sooooo thrilled.  She called me up to tell me how good it looked and she
> has plans to get more large rocks to place around the edges to decorate
> it more.  She's also going to get a couple new goldfish tomorrow!
> 
> Theresa
> 
> Theresa wrote:
> 
> > Well-  I replaced the back (lawnmower damaged) sprinker.  An easy
> > fix.  With much annoyance I finally got the front connector replaced
> > with a flexible connector.  A pain- but successful.  And I got a new
> > controller box from OSH.  Their Toro controllers were on sale this
> > weekend as it turns out- so saved $15 (ended up paying $45 for an
> > 8-station controller).  It really was easy to connect and program.  So
> > I'm happy with it.  Then, of course, I tested everything etc.  And now
> > a new sprinkler out front isn't working right- so unscrew it to see
> > what the problem is.  No where need enough water is getting to it.
> > Tried flushing the line- no luck.  What ever is stuck in the line is
> > really stuck.  I opted not to tackle that one with weekend, as it will
> > require taking part of my garden wall down to get to the line and
> > likely cutting it, flushing it, and repairing it.  Oh joy!
> >
> > On a more positive note, I transplanted my deutzia to a shadier (and
> > damper) location before it fried to a crisp.  Also, I thinned the
> > 'blood grass' (I can't remember it's real name) and moved the extra to
> > where the deutzia was.
> > Theresa
> >
> > james singer wrote:
> >
> >> Man, what a pain. RainBird is a good choice, though.
> >>
> >> On Aug 14, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Theresa wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well-  One of my sprinkler heads sprung a leak(my husband ran over
> >>> it with the lawn mower), so I went out to fix it.  Realized that one
> >>> of the connectors to the sprinker head on another out front had
> >>> cracked.  didn't get it fixed- need to go to the store and get a
> >>> part.  But, thought I'd give the other zones a nice drink in the
> >>> mean time.  And....the main controller has gone burzerk!  So...
> >>> clearly it has lived as long as it will (13 years), so not only will
> >>> I be going to the store for the cracked part but also apparently for
> >>> a new controller unit.  Oh the thrill of it all!  The one I have is
> >>> a Lawn Genie- think I'll spring for the the Rainbird this time.
> >>>
> >>> Theresa
> >>>
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> >> Island Jim
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> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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