Re: sprinkler woes!/but pond success!

Nothing yet- interviews, but nothing too exciting.  Still hunting...

Theresa

Pam Evans wrote:

>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
>>>>Southwest Florida
>>>>27.0 N, 82.4 W
>>>>Hardiness Zone 10
>>>>Heat Zone 10
>>>>Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>>>>Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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