Irrigation is certainly something you plan for in the initial landscape design, but are you really thinking through the possible scenarios? Seasonal gardens and planters are huge in today’s landscapes and rightfully so. They allow style and color changes from season to season in an otherwise “fixed” landscape of shrubs and trees. They let people [...]
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Hunter Solar Sync – Smarter Irrigation
What It Is I was asked by irrigation contractor Vinny Catoggio to test a new irrigation technology product on a recent project of mine. It’s called the Hunter Solar Sync by Hunter Industries. This device is connected to your Hunter sprinkler controller and will automatically adjust the watering based on changes in the weather. By [...]
Automatic Sprinkler System Installation – RB Project #6.14
Irrigation Is More Than Just Getting Everything Wet Months before this project had gotten underway I asked irrigation contractor Vinny Catoggio to meet with me on the site to review the landscape plan. This meeting is the first critical step in planning an automatic sprinkler system that is customized to the planting plan as well [...]
Water Nozzles for Plants
More often I see homeowners watering their plants with water nozzles like the one in the picture to the left. This type of spray nozzle is certainly one to have in your tool collection, but not for watering plants. A water nozzle like this works at 2 extremes. It either gives off a mist spray [...]
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