Little flags for a water sprinkler ~ 6-27-11

Do you see the colored flags in the yard? We've finally made the move and found a company to install a sprinkler system. We've wanted a system for some time and finally "pulled the trigger" as Michael says.It was rather difficult to find a company who would even talk to us because our city evidently makes it diffcult to jump through the hopes to get the permits.

Fortunately the owner of the company we found does systems in our city all the time and knows the people who deal with the permits, so piece of cake.

After talking to the guy and getting everything flagged we were ready to get started. Then we had a day delay as a result of them having to finish their previous job.

Michael did some research over the last several months when we were thinking about installing the system ourselves (boy am I glad we didn't) to see what time of "brain" we wanted. He found the Rainbird system. It is a fabulous system that has a "monitor" attached to the house. It takes into account all the weather conditions and makes adjustments for when the system will go off and how much water should be put on the lawn.

When the inspector came to complete the inspections, when everything was finished, he said our house was the FIRST house in our city he has seen to have the Rainbird system.I was really proud of what Michael found. We are making water conservation a priority and being responsible in our drought by using minimal water, not to mention we don't have to drag water hoses all over the yard and set the kitchen timer to make sure we turn the water off in time.