Vigoro 3015V Sprinkler Timer Internals and Valve Design

I noticed a lot of interest in my sprinkler timer review post and I wanted to expand on that a bit. In this post I’ll tear apart the Vigoro 3015V Sprinkler Timer and see what inside of it and makes it work. This timer has worked reliably for me, but I switched to the Orbit […]
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Tags: disassemble, grass, Lawn, sprinkler, watering
Weather Slowing Down New Front Sidewalk
Well it looks like Summer has -finally- arrive, we’ve had a few 90 degree days this week. Not nearly as bad as they got out west, but I don’t do well in 90 deg days and 80+ % humidity. I was planning to start digging out for the front sidewalk this weekend, but put it […]
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Tags: Concrete, grass, Lawn, Radio Control, Weeds
Another Scott’s PatchMaster Performance Update

The Scott’s PatchMaster I put down a while back has been doing well so far. It grew in pretty fast and has just been thickening up. It has now been mowed quite a few times. We started mowing when it ‘looked decent’ and have just kept mowing it as part of the normal yard. It’s […]
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There are Mushrooms Everywhere in the New Lawn

Well I woke to quite a surprise this morning! Mushrooms everywhere in the new lawn. Bryn had mentioned he mowed a bunch down when he mowed on Saturday but I didn’t think a lot about it. He didn’t mention that it was like this. Wow! I guess some things get lost in the verbiage 😀 […]
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Another Day, Another Thunder Storm

After weeks of nightly, hours long, rainy downpours they have subsided a bit, but now we’re getting these daily thunderstorms ripping across the Catskills and through town. I posted a video of one the other day which was pretty fantastic and very active for our area. The thunderstorm video below is in the daytime and […]
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Tags: bluestone, grass, gutters, Lawn, patchmaster, planter, seed, storms, thunderstorm, Video