130930 Irrigation Controllers

Well the rainfall that we were expecting landed further south than anticipated, but we did get some nice temperature drops. I will be turning my controllers back starting on Tuesday, Monday being a NO-water day, but I will only be running them at 50% of their normal run times. With the cooler temperatures, over watering can lead to fungus or brown patch.

130923 RAIN FALL

Depending on where you were in Sun City you received anywhere between 3 and 6" of rainfall according to my sources; at my office I received 3.75 inches. With that in mind those of you who haven't turned off your irrigation system, please do. There was enough rainfall to leave the systems off for the entire week if not longer. Forecasts for the upcoming weekend are hopeful that we will receive another round of showers, allowing us to leave the irrigation off even longer. With the cooler evening temperatures, it is also important to reduce watering to avoid fungus forming in the turf areas.

I also received word from the city that they are discussing reducing watering days down to 2 days per week. Your regular water days will not change, except that you will only be able to water on two of them. I would recommend that you omit the Thursday or Friday watering day as it applies to your address. When I receive something formal, I will post more about it.

NH 46

130913

We are currently behind the residents of NH 46 that borders CCGC Hole 7. We are focusing our efforts to extend the average fuel break behind these homes from 30 feet to at least 80 feet. In addition, we are removing all dead Ashe Junipers, and doing extra clean up along the sidewalk bordering this native area.

NH 46

We have also performed some creek and trail maintenance along Blue Heron Trail. We had a large dead branch overhanging the trail that was better removed on our terms than the trees. We also addressed a number of smaller limbs and piles while there just to enhance the overall view.

The Branch of Damocles, Blue Heron Trail