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Cleaning an overgrown section of the east swale berm

Cleaning an overgrown section of the east swale berm

Cleaning an overgrown section of the east swale berm. Unfortunately ended up touching and tearing apart an irrigation valve control cable. We left them aboveground to make the install easier, but at least those in areas visited by the brush cutter will have to be buried. Luckily this one is

Prep work for upgrading the veggie garden #irrigation

Prep work for upgrading the veggie garden #irrigation

Prep work for upgrading the veggie garden #irrigation

East #swale full of water after the recent rain and repeated attempts to fill the south pond

East #swale full of water after the recent rain and repeated attempts to fill the south pond

East #swale full of water after the recent rain and repeated attempts to fill the south pond. Turns out it's not perfectly level, but it shouldn't be a problem. Some of the #irrigation valves are almost fully submerged, but thankfully still seem to work.

Cleaned the west pond plant lines of weeds and replaced their soaker hose #irrigation with #microspinklers

Cleaned the west pond plant lines of weeds and replaced their soaker hose #irrigation with #microspinklers

Cleaned the west pond plant lines of weeds and replaced their soaker hose #irrigation with #microspinklers

Wiring up more #irrigation valves

Wiring up more #irrigation valves

Wiring up more #irrigation valves.

First two #irrigation zones connected to the controller and working

First two #irrigation zones connected to the controller and working

First two #irrigation zones connected to the controller and working.

Both #irrigation controllers in position and online

Both #irrigation controllers in position and online

Both #irrigation controllers in position and online. #opensprinkler

Finished assembling the two #irrigation controllers in their waterproof enclosures

Finished assembling the two #irrigation controllers in their waterproof enclosures

Finished assembling the two #irrigation controllers in their waterproof enclosures. #opensprinkler

Starting to lay down the power cable for the #irrigation controllers

Starting to lay down the power cable for the #irrigation controllers

Starting to lay down the power cable for the #irrigation controllers.

After lots of frustrating and ultimately unfruitful exploration, this seems to be the best option to run a power cable out of the churrasco to use for the irrigation controllers

After lots of frustrating and ultimately unfruitful exploration, this seems to be the best option to run a power cable out of the churrasco to use for the irrigation controllers

After lots of frustrating and ultimately unfruitful exploration, this seems to be the best option to run a power cable out of the churrasco to use for the irrigation controllers. It'll be a semi temporary setup, jumping to and down a fence pole to cross the walkway, then going along

Exploratory digging in the lawn to find tubes

Exploratory digging in the lawn to find tubes

Exploratory digging in the lawn to find tubes. There should be some prepared for a pool (which we won't build), that could be used to run a power cable outdoors for the #irrigation controllers.

New #irrigation zone with half circle #microspinklers for the windbreak on the #zone1 / #zone2 border

New #irrigation zone with half circle #microspinklers for the windbreak on the #zone1 / #zone2 border

New #irrigation zone with half circle #microspinklers for the windbreak on the #zone1 / #zone2 border.

Final (for now, with these sprinklers) 2 #irrigation zones up and running!

Final (for now, with these sprinklers) 2 #irrigation zones up and running!

Final (for now, with these sprinklers) 2 #irrigation zones up and running!

A couple days of prep work turned into 3 new #irrigation zones yesterday

A couple days of prep work turned into 3 new #irrigation zones yesterday

A couple days of prep work turned into 3 new #irrigation zones yesterday

New day, new #irrigation line up and running

New day, new #irrigation line up and running

New day, new #irrigation line up and running

Two more #irrigation zones up and running

Two more #irrigation zones up and running

Two more #irrigation zones up and running

New #irrigation zone up

New #irrigation zone up

New #irrigation zone up

New #irrigation zone running at the north end of the east fence

New #irrigation zone running at the north end of the east fence

New #irrigation zone running at the north end of the east fence.

Changed shutoff valves to the #irrigation mainline ring to make it less impactful to shut down the first segments

Changed shutoff valves to the #irrigation mainline ring to make it less impactful to shut down the first segments

Changed shutoff valves to the #irrigation mainline ring to make it less impactful to shut down the first segments.

#soakerhose #irrigation set up in the medicinal plant beds

#soakerhose #irrigation set up in the medicinal plant beds

#soakerhose #irrigation set up in the medicinal plant beds.

Replaced some of the soaker hose lines with micro sprinklers

Replaced some of the soaker hose lines with micro sprinklers

Replaced some of the soaker hose lines with micro sprinklers. They seem to be much better at evenly wetting along the #irrigation zone.

Testing a solenoid valve to see if it would work and if the pressure drop still allows an irrigation zone to run

Testing a solenoid valve to see if it would work and if the pressure drop still allows an irrigation zone to run

Testing a solenoid valve to see if it would work and if the pressure drop still allows an irrigation zone to run. I used a regular 9V battery to trigger it to avoid running long wires for a test. It worked! #irrigation #automation

The unused part of the old #irrigation mainline is all out now

The unused part of the old #irrigation mainline is all out now

The unused part of the old #irrigation mainline is all out now. This should hopefully conclude digging in zone 2 for a while...

Digging up the old #irrigation mainline

Digging up the old #irrigation mainline

Digging up the old #irrigation mainline.

Made another #twistfit water point to allow watering the east area while we wait for more sprinklers to install

Made another #twistfit water point to allow watering the east area while we wait for more sprinklers to install

Made another #twistfit water point to allow watering the east area while we wait for more sprinklers to install. #irrigation