12JUN10 - In preparation for the trenching, I dug out the area where we stubbed out from the well in the back shed's slab.

14JUN10 - The long-awaited irrigation system upgrade started on schedule with the arrival of the materials. That's about 3000 feet of pipe. There are 21 zones,…

The other three guys on the crew.

I started out by prepping the nozzle bodies which meant unscrewing the plug from the side inlet, putting it in the bottom inlet, and then screwing in one of the…

Unfortunately, the contractor had a problem with another job up in Rockport so he informed me that they would have to go there tomorrow and be back here Friday…

A couple more shots of some of the zones in action.

18JUN10 - As promised, the guys showed up on Friday and we started on the 5th zone which is at the far end of the back yard. However, the crew was worn out from…

We did get it completed and operational.

Jen took some shots of me straightening up the heads and tweaking the coverage adjustments.