Sensible Grass And Artificial Lawns

COMMENTARY

• Questions to ask yourself about the need for a summer bermuda lawn
• Winter rye lawns get more use 6-8 months of the year
• Consider smaller areas of real lawns
• Artificial lawns are a water saving alternative to real grass

Deep Watering

COMMENTARY

• Preventing heat loving snakes and scorpions from landscapes
• Avoid harming a bee hive or swarm best you can
• Discussion of deep pipe irrigators (PVC pipe spikes with holes at the bottom)

CALLER

• Chuck planted a red push pistache in March. Leaves are starting to wilt. Not sure if the result is too much or too little watering. Jay seems to think its not getting deep watering and offers some advice

Sensible Lawn Irrigation

• Replace old or clogged sprinkler heads if water isn’t falling where its needed
• Low impact MP Rotator sprinkler heads. Wind doesn’t impact them
• Go thru each station/zone for proper water placement
• Consider how much lawn you really need