Sprinklers

I think something happens to you when you have lived in a house or houses that have automatic sprinkler systems.  You grow accustomed to the convenience of programming your watering and making life easy on yourself.  A couple of summers ago I installed sprinklers in the front yard.  They are not automatic but they were much nicer than having to move a sprinkler around the yard. They also gave me full coverage of the yard in two convenient zones.  I did not tackle the back yard at that time.  I made a surface mounted sprinkler contraption that I had to move around the yard.  It worked okay but had it's flaws.  Last Friday I started trenching a line for a garden for Andy and decided I was going to trench the entire yard and do the sprinkler system.  I spent a little time on Friday evening and then all day Saturday digging in the yard.  I designed a system that would give me the coverage I needed. I hoped to work on it yesterday to get pipe in the ground but that didn't happen.  Today, I went to the Home Depot and picked up my supplies, most of them anyway.  I came home and started laying it out.  Then I went around and glued it all in.  4 complete zones to cover the back yard - including Andy's garden.  Around 8 or so I was able to start clearing the lines and then tested the system.  3 of the 4 zones work like a dream.  Coverage is fantastic.  One of the zones is a little disappointing so I will need to make a couple of adjustments to make it more effective.  I am confident we can get it dialed in the way we want it.  I have to purchase a couple of valve systems and valve boxes and an automatic sprinkler system in order to get it programmed and working on autopilot with out me having to babysit it.  I have to trench a bit more to tie in the front and back systems together but that shouldn't be too bad.  It is an investment to be sure as it doesn't come cheap and has certainly required an investment of my time.  It will be worth it.