![]() ![]() Having it on an automated timer is a must, especially when you’re out of town. For me, I have a small patch of lawn along my driveway that needs occasional watering. They only cost a few bucks and are easy to adjust when they’re elevated on a riser.įor small areas that are hard to reach or isolated, hose end sprinklers are your best bet. Adjustable Spray Headsįor small areas, I think these adjustable sprayers are the best. I believe they hold the patent for this design. I couldn’t find one from Rain Bird, but trust me, the Rain Bird sprinkler is better. Fine-tune sprinkler spray positions and spray patterns to match your coverage area.Ĭheck out this video on How to Adjust an Impact Sprinkler Head. In full sun areas, it’s important to have the spray from one sprinkler head make contact with the other heads to ensure there will be no dry spots. Keeping similar spraying angles on the same zone is important to get even coverage. If it takes 15 minutes to put down 1” of water for a 90 degree area of coverage if would take 1hr for the same head to cover 360 degrees. He uses similar irrigation principles on a much larger scale for his highly successful urban farming business.Īs a rule of thumb, for even coverage, you need to set your timers based on how wide the arc is that they are covering. Here is an example of someone using multiple timers (credit: Curtis Stone). This system can easily be scaled up to 8 zones, or more, simply by adding a second timer. I like to leave one spot free if possible so I can maintain the use of my hose for spot watering etc, without having to add a Y connector. I recommend purchasing at least one additional valve right off the bat ( fairly inexpensive) to allow you to use more zones. The setup and programming is super simple and intuitive – much more so than the many competitors I’ve researched and tested. It effectively turns your standard hose faucet into a 4-station sprinkler system with 4 independent controls and 3 start times. The heart of my system is the Orbit Watermaster yard watering system. In my extensive research, this unit is by far the best hose-end sprinkler controller for the money (around $100). I apologize for the low quality Microsoft Paint illustration. ![]() Here is an overview of the system, which I will explain in greater detail. Certainly if money is no object there are more complex systems worth considering. I should caveat my title by saying that I consider this system to be ultimate by virtue of it being simple to build, cost effective (~$300), and low maintenance, while also being very effective. It performed flawlessly and I’m delighted to be able to share the design and what I’ve learned. Like Noah building an arc, I built my irrigation system in one of the the wettest years in decades… Nevertheless, there were a number of heat waves which allowed me to thoroughly test the system. ![]()
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