Quick Sprinkler fix

Here is just a quick sprinkler fix that's easy to put together when you don't have the means to put in a real sprinkler system.  I was tired of having to set a few sprinklers each time I watered.  I used to use the impact heads that would stake into the ground.  I would have to spend a few minutes making sure that it was properly aligned each time I watered.  After a while the water would loosen up the soil and the stake would shift casing the water to go into the street on onto our driveway and cars.  Needless to say I was tired of this happening.

So I did some research and copied a sprinkler system I found online.  All the materials used were purchased from Home Depot for about $25.00.  It simply consists of a gear driven sprinkler head (an impact head would work fine too) some funny pipe, the necessary fittings, a valve box, and a quick release hose connector. The quick release hose connector is the key.   This allows you to just connect the hose turn the water on and you're done.  The rest is buried and set like a permanent system.  This is kind of a permanent system but instead of piping it all in you just use a regular hose.  Here are some pictures of what it looks like.  If this is something that you would like to do too just let me know if you need any help or advice.

The Fourth's Festivities

 

She takes after her mother. So very beautiful, among other things...

 A good showing this year Kaysville city, Kudos. 

 

(Be very quite I'm hunting a purple polka doted octopus.)

I realize I'm getting older when I pull out the camping floppy hat to stay out of the sun. 

We had another good 4th this year.  Thank you to all who came and hung out with us.  Family and friends is what its all about. 

P.S. The garden is coming in nicely. 

The Garden is finally in

It has taken us a while to get to it because of all rain but the garden is finally in.

We planted a lot this year.  Probably too much for us to take care of sadly.  As usual, we planted a ton of tomatoes.  We managed to put in our favorite little yellow pear tomatoes and some grape tomatoes as well.  Overall there are probably some 12 tomato plants this year.  We also planted 5 or 6 hills of pumpkins of two different kinds so we will see how they turn out. The last time I planted pumpkins they didn't turn out well because I never weeded and they just didn't grow very big. We planted two kinds of watermelon in hopes that they would actually grow.  We haven't heard good things about planting watermelon but we thought we'd give it a try.  We also have some squash, zucchini, jalapeños, bush beans, cantaloupe, onions, and red and green bell peppers. 

This was the first year Andrea has been able to do some gardening.  Last year I didn't even bother with one because of Sophia's arrival.  As it turns out looking back, she has been either pregnant or just recovering with a newborn and too busy to help in the garden.  So I guess you could say she was the "garden" there for a while.  Our little weeds are growing fast too. Gavin will finish kindergarten at the end of this week.  Merrick is already talking about going to school even though he is still a year away from preschool.  Sophia is finally walking some now.  Time just flies by.