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ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: May 5, 2023 - 10:16am

Good news: That was the best call to tech support, ever.
Bad news: If Natasha fixed the problem, I won't have to call again.
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Posted: Dec 19, 2022 - 6:25pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


I have never imagined that booze and axes were a good combination.


Especially if your hurling it, the axe I mean. Well, neither one would be good.
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Dec 19, 2022 - 3:21pm

 miamizsun wrote:

there's good news! axe throwing may be the friendliest new sport in america
the bad news is that axe catching is still a major hurdle to long term friendship





I have never imagined that booze and axes were a good combination.
westslope

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Posted: Dec 19, 2022 - 12:59pm

I had forgotten all about the thread of alternative yard coverings.

Clover.   The mixes I have been using have clover.  I also plant straight clover seeds.  The lawn is currently a dog's breakfast of well over 1/2 dozen types of grass including Fescue. 

Clover does not do so well when you let the lawn grow to about 30 to 40 cm high during No Grow May.

Just want to add that the lawn takes a big hit when the temperatures as high as 49C (120F) persist for a few days.....   On the bright side, weeks on end of heavy wildfire smoke cover does not appear to damage the lawn.  
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Posted: Dec 19, 2022 - 10:40am

there's good news! axe throwing may be the friendliest new sport in america
the bad news is that axe catching is still a major hurdle to long term friendship



ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: May 12, 2021 - 8:08pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


I hope so. Haven't pulled the cover off of it yet and haven't tracked down the manual online yet either. The actual circuit breaker on the house isn't tripping... when I press Start, the Pump Start Relay kicks in, so it's sending juice.


Oh. After the rewiring (this part done by a pro) the pump start relay and the pump itself are on different circuits. So hearing the relay clunk on was no assurance that the pump was getting power. I'm not sure how that works. Maybe the low voltage signal from the timer causes the relay to flop open *clunk* and that's all I'm hearing; there's still no power to it. That must be it. The breaker did trip for some reason (we were hoping to cure that with the rewire) but it wasn't out of position or showing red in the little window, so it's not my fault... I did look! Happily, I only spent maybe 5 minutes doing the troubleshooting (was raining/muddy etc earlier in the week) before discovering the problem.
ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: May 11, 2021 - 6:12pm

 westslope wrote:
Am not interested in xeriscape but would love to find an alternative ground cover to typical lawn grasses.  



We're hoping the clover does well. My grandma used to have it and I hated it as a little kid because it attracted bees. Now I want it because it attracts bees.

Evidently, lots of lawns were clover and grass mixed; the clover puts nitrogen back into the soil. But it fell out of favor because the new broadleaf herbicides they sold to kill dandelions also killed the clover. 

edit: lol oh 
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Posted: May 11, 2021 - 11:33am

 GeneP59 wrote:

I saw this product on PBS Garden Smart last week I think.

The secret is in the roots! It’s grows 12” to 40” roots. Pearl's Premium patent-pending seed mixtures grow very deep roots after one year. As a result, a properly installed and maintained Pearl’s Premium 



Yes! I was gonna mention this. Pearl's Premium was developed in my home town. According to the Website, you water the lawn for a month and then seldom or never water again. You cut it once a month. The grass is also drought-resistant. 

You could also try clover. Apparently that's what most American lawns had before the lawn grass industry came along...
black321

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Posted: May 11, 2021 - 10:30am

 westslope wrote:

We have experimented with tall fescue as an alternative but so far I am not impressed.  It was purchased from a seed company located in Greater Vancouver near the coast.  Perhaps not the best choice for the hot semi-arid interior where we live.

Am not interested in xeriscape but would love to find an alternative ground cover to typical lawn grasses.  



Asphalt works great

westslope

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Posted: May 11, 2021 - 10:19am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


Fescue is okay
but isn't as drought tolerant as Kentucky blue. We've overseeded with clover to try to reduce mowings although our eGo mower is sweet and no one avoids that chore.

We also have a lot of trees/shrubs/plantings etc. so even if we went xeriscape otherwise, ... it would need watering.

We have experimented with tall fescue as an alternative but so far I am not impressed.  It was purchased from a seed company located in Greater Vancouver near the coast.  Perhaps not the best choice for the hot semi-arid interior where we live.

Am not interested in xeriscape but would love to find an alternative ground cover to typical lawn grasses.  

ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: May 11, 2021 - 9:39am

 miamizsun wrote:


consider a different low gro & mow grass seed too

fescue much?


Fescue is okay but isn't as drought tolerant as Kentucky blue. We've overseeded with clover to try to reduce mowings although our eGo mower is sweet and no one avoids that chore.

We also have a lot of trees/shrubs/plantings etc. so even if we went xeriscape otherwise, ... it would need watering.
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Posted: May 11, 2021 - 8:59am

I saw this product on PBS Garden Smart last week I think.

The secret is in the roots! It’s grows 12” to 40” roots. Pearl's Premium patent-pending seed mixtures grow very deep roots after one year. As a result, a properly installed and maintained Pearl’s Premium 
miamizsun

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Posted: May 11, 2021 - 4:26am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


I hope so. Haven't pulled the cover off of it yet and haven't tracked down the manual online yet either. The actual circuit breaker on the house isn't tripping... when I press Start, the Pump Start Relay kicks in, so it's sending juice.


consider a different low gro & mow grass seed too

fescue much?
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Posted: May 10, 2021 - 4:07pm

 westslope wrote:

I love the following blurb from the Wyze Sprinkler website:  A green yard doesn’t have to be hard

Right.  Yard irrigation irritation systems are not hard.  OK.  If you say so.  

I don't know about the rest of you but no matter how well set up the system is, it always seems to take hours upon hours of fiddling, adjustment and sometimes component replacement every spring.


Fixed for you

westslope

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Posted: May 10, 2021 - 2:13pm

I love the following blurb from the Wyze Sprinkler website:  A green yard doesn’t have to be hard

Right.  Yard irrigation systems are not hard.  OK.  If you say so.  

I don't know about the rest of you but no matter how well set up the system is, it always seems to take hours upon hours of fiddling, adjustment and sometimes component replacement every spring.
ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: May 10, 2021 - 9:27am

 islander wrote:


Does the pump have a circuit breaker? A lot of them do with a thermal trip if it gets hot from running dry.



I hope so. Haven't pulled the cover off of it yet and haven't tracked down the manual online yet either. The actual circuit breaker on the house isn't tripping... when I press Start, the Pump Start Relay kicks in, so it's sending juice.
islander

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Posted: May 10, 2021 - 9:12am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Good:
Installed a Wyze sprinkler controller yesterday, got the pump primed for the first time, ran all zones, didn't find any leaks (there's usually some water somewhere that freezes and bursts a sprinkler over the winter), had lots of fun starting the sprinklers with my phone. Got a program set up and it fired up in the predawn hours.

Bad: must have lost prime, dead-headed the pump for a while, and fried the motor. No water, no sound from the pump. Oy. 



Does the pump have a circuit breaker? A lot of them do with a thermal trip if it gets hot from running dry.

ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: May 10, 2021 - 7:49am

 rhahl wrote:

How's your phone?


lol phone's fine. I can trip the sprinklers from the controller without the phone; still nothing.
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Posted: May 10, 2021 - 7:40am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Good:
Installed a Wyze sprinkler controller yesterday, got the pump primed for the first time, ran all zones, didn't find any leaks (there's usually some water somewhere that freezes and bursts a sprinkler over the winter), had lots of fun starting the sprinklers with my phone. Got a program set up and it fired up in the predawn hours.

Bad: must have lost prime, dead-headed the pump for a while, and fried the motor. No water, no sound from the pump. Oy. 
 
How's your phone?
ScottFromWyoming

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Location: Powell
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Posted: May 10, 2021 - 7:25am

Good:
Installed a Wyze sprinkler controller yesterday, got the pump primed for the first time, ran all zones, didn't find any leaks (there's usually some water somewhere that freezes and bursts a sprinkler over the winter), had lots of fun starting the sprinklers with my phone. Got a program set up and it fired up in the predawn hours.

Bad: must have lost prime, dead-headed the pump for a while, and fried the motor. No water, no sound from the pump. Oy. 
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