Under Pressure

Irrigation water - or secondary water - is wonderful. First off, so much less expensive. Secondly, reusing a resource, love it. And because of those two, I don't feel badly about using it and using it and using it. Even in this large yard.

If I were relying on culinary water, there is no way I could have planted more than 25 trees and still been able to look at myself in the mirror. And I couldn't have looked at my water bills, either. Unless I had the hiccups and needed to be badly frightened.

The only problem with our secondary water is that it had no pressure. Try watering without pressure - it's really quite a challenge. Doug was using the entire 24 hours in a day to water our yard, with not great results. So this year, it was time to buy a pump.

Doug found one at a great price - about $600, still a lot - and installed it. This involved pouring a cement pad, hooking it up to the water, and turning it on. How's that for a summary of a good morning's work?

And now, he just sits and watches his sprinklers. He'll see them in action and just stop, mesmerized. It is exciting to see everything getting watered - and watered well - but I'm not sure that watching sprinklers will ever be quite as fascinating to me as it is for Doug.

Ooooh. Ahhhh.

Obviously, though, watching the flowers bloom is fascinating for me...and watering enables my planting habit. So, great work, honey!