Thursday, October 29, 2015

151027 Eblast Fall Watering

After 6 inches of rain, and a cold front last weekend, we are finally experiencing some seasonally appropriate weather. It would not be unreasonable to consider turning the irrigation controllers off at this point; especially with more rain coming at us. As long as your sensors are working properly, the seasonal adjustment/water budget can be set to 50% with no adverse effects to the landscape. I have set the CA controllers to 50%, and they are turned off at this point. I will continue to monitor the weather forecasts. With current temperatures and humidities, a ½” of water per week is all that is necessary.


Another irrigation success story crossed my desk this morning. Rick Hutzler xeriscaped the back and two side yards of his house, and converted those 3 zones to drip system. The front yard was left as Bermuda, but he changed heads from spray to MP rotators, and eliminated redundant spray overs. His usage went from a collective zone usage of 89 gallons per minute to 30 gallons per minute. That’s a 67% decrease in irrigation usage. Congratulations Rick!!


Undoubtedly the lack of rain this year has contributed to the pace we are keeping with respect to the second round of maintenance in the native areas. Phase I has been completely mowed, and mowing of Phase 2 will begin next week. The line trimming however, is moving a fair bit slower. We are making a huge push on the line trimming this Thursday in an effort to get caught up to the mow crew.
Neighborhoods 52-57 and 59 have been mowed and line trimmed.

Our plan is to have neighborhoods 41-44, 46-51, and 62 line trimmed this week.


Here is the current map of what is completed:


Thursday, October 15, 2015

151015 Eblast

Round 2 of the Level 3 Maintenance commenced on Monday, October 5th. The property is divided into 3 sections, or phases, that are numbered in the order which we will proceed. This map shows the different sections as well as the path of the crew through completion.


We began in neighborhood 53, working our way down through the neighborhoods on the north and east side of Pedernales, in the following order: 54, 56, and 59. We will then cross Pedernales, and work the south and west side of the street accordingly: 58, 57, 55, 52, 51, and 50. Jumping back across Pedernales we will continue with 47, 62, and 46.

Neighborhoods 51-57 and 59 have been mowed. 53, 54, 56 and 59 have been mowed and line trimmed.
We’re moving at a “good clip” (Pun intended).