Close any open drain valves or test cocks. Open the sprinkler water supply valve. Do this slowly to avoid pressure spikes. Turn the controller back on and run each zone manually to check for leaks, ...

Q. What’s the life expectancy of in-ground water sprinklers? We bought an 11-year-old house and some of the sprinklers don’t come on, others spray this way and that. The bottom line is, there is no ...

A good first step in a project is knowing what you want to do. [Ben Fino] made it clear that his Raspberry Pi Sprinkler control system for his wife’s garden had one goal: keep the plants alive. The ...

What to do once you have a sprinkler system installed on your property: buy a sprinkler control system or make your own? The latter, obviously. [danaman] was determined to hack together a cheap, ...

Rachio's second-generation smart sprinkler controller doesn't stray too far from the successful formula of the first, the Rachio Iro-- you'll still install it in place of your existing sprinkler ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...