Spent a goodly chunk of Saturday replacing sprinkler heads and moving several of them. Lots of on-the-knees work and shovel work and shifting big mounds of dirt work, etc.
On the positive side, so far so good. The replaced sprinkler heads are doing just what they’re supposed to, with no obvious gushing leaks or anything. The western side of the yard is now well covered.
On the negative side — I’m still sore in my legs today, despite a fair amount of Advil consumed over the weekend (and this morning).
Remaining to be done:
- Under the deck, finish killing the grass and getting some plantings in. Replace the existing legacy sprinkler head there with a hydra going to little drip nozzels and sprayers. run a couple of lines up to the pots on the deck, the rest to water the area down there. (Putting that zone back online will also test another sprinkler I moved Saturday to over by the back steps.)
- Shift the two sprinklers in the middle of the back yard to further back in the back yard, so that they aren’t spraying the deck (which, to be fair, has moved several feet closer to them).
- Replace the head of the sprinkler on the west side by the rose bushes to be a “strip” head, so that it stops spraying the deck, too (ditto).
- Replace the motorized head by the back “new” fence. Not turning properly, and spraying funny. Just change it to a 180 and be done with it.
Fortunately, as Margie pointed out, it’s the time of year when I can expect to have sunlight to get some end-of the-day work done all week. Joy.
Also need to plant the plants that we bought over the weekend (*cough*), and all of this before we go halooing off on vacation in a few weeks.