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Blowing Out Our Sprinklers!

Blowing Out Our Sprinklers!

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Blowing Out Our Sprinklers! Garden Answer Rick: I'm a little worried. It looks like your water supply comes from house basement. There should be a shut off on the supply side ahead of the back flow preventer. That should be shut off before blow out. Then when you are all done there should be a shut off inside to the Irrigation, and a drain to drain the water in the line going up and outside to the back flow preventor. If there is water in that line it can burst where it comes out of the house. Also the reason you blow out twice is the small amount of water left in the lines will settle in the lowest line at the lowest head. Waiting and repeating makes sure those puddles are cleared.
Date: 2022-07-16

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You husband is so nice and good natured. Nothing seems to stress him out. He is willing to figure out how to do stuff and hope for the best. Great outlook. And you are the same way too. So nice to have digital control panels now with apps to turn zones on and off. I still have the old kind. I did my own blow out the year after my husband died and it took me forever to build up preasure in the air compressor for each zone that the next year I hired it done. And it was a big compressor. I went through each zone twice to make sure I got all the water out. Great job you guys.
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Hi Laura and Aaron! We have very small side yards, front yard and flower beds with a sprinkler system and drip lines, but have someone blow them out, but this was still very interesting to watch. Good job Aaron figuring everything out yourself! Good to see Russel, too! I bet Benjamin loved his new shirt. It was so cute! I just drained and rolled up 2 of our hoses today and pulled some annuals. Still more to do, but it's suppose to be in the upper 50's for a few days, finally! Thank you so much for sharing!
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Good morning Laura!
I ve got a quick question as I m whiterizing my garden.
I have just planted some Alberta Boxwoods, and this is my first experience growing an hedge of boxwood. they look yellowish as we speak and since I m living in a zone 4 I was wondering if this is too rough of a climate for them. do you have any suggestion on other evergreen I could use to make a hedge similar to the beautiful Boxwoods?

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Thank you Laura and Aaron, this was a great video. I don't have a yard big enough to need a sprinkler system, maybe I could use a drip system next year when I redo my flower beds. So excited that you can now do it yourselves and save some money, and it really didn't look that complicated. I look forward to some indoor projects, I hope you have a great week, see you soon, bye for now.
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I bought the rainbird irrigation equipment on Amazon but wasn't able to install it this summer but it'll be there waiting for me in spring. So this video was very helpful. I have a small compressor that I use with my nail gun which I think should be good enough for me. My zones will be very small areas compared to yours.
Thanks so much for sharing this info,

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I know this wasnt apart of this weeks videos but could you please PLEASE talk about nut sedge and how to get rid of it? I always wondered what kind of weed was growing in my grass and flower beds and didnt know what it was until I read comments about in on the Garden Answer Groupie page. Id love to know if I can apply anything right now Im in zone 6A Ohio.
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You all make everything look so easy. What a good team you make. So glad it went so well for the first time. We already have a big compressor because of power tools. My husband can build anything and has used all the tools for that. Ok, so now your garden is winterized, on to Christmas lights and tree decorating. lol Can't wait. See you in the next one.
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I don't have an underground irrigation system. I water with hoses and sprinklers. We do winterize our hoses and spigots. I can carry water to pots but what do you do about newer plants and trees in the landscape? Will they need to be watered over the winter? (St. Louis, MO zone 6) If so, I can't imagine carrying enough water to them.
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Luckily Eastern Oregon is due to be mild (warmer than usual) but dry this winter, so I think Laura will get good start in spring and wont have much if any losses of plants over the winter. OOps - typed that before watching the video. Methinks you will be having to water the plants a lot over winter if you dont use your drip system.
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