I was on a mission last Saturday to fix our sprinkling system. Something is wrong when several areas of grass beside sprinkler heads are yellow and dying. I was determined to make it more efficient. Turning each set on, I watched the heads struggle to pop up,their spray barely reaching above the shortest blades of grass. Most were too deep in the heavy over growth of grass to do any good. Tilted heads watered the sidewalk and some sprayed inconsistent due to splits in their tops.
I was like a toddler running through the sprinklers trying to find each head, dig down to it, clear the area and jimmy the flexible end attached to it up to the top of the grass. I became drenched with the goal of green grass. Every neighbor driving by thought I was insane. Dirt, grass and weeds flew as each head was loosened from it's overgrown grave. Unfortunately grass grows, but sprinkler heads do not. Grass lumps were shoved under each spot to maintain the proper height.
Most heads were coaxed to a better place. The ones I missed are being marked with my handy yard tool until 'someone' gets their butt outside to finish the job.
Watch for greener grass on this side of the fence.
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