Average Rainfall Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Average Rainfall For A Healthy Lawn
By Joel F Morningstar
To maintain a healthy lawn, proper watering is essential. Yet
if your yard is large, then it can be ridiculously time consuming
to water your lawn by hand.
Luckily, new rainfall helps save on the work and your pocket
book, but if the average rainfall in your area is not enough to
maintain a healthy lawn, then you should consider purchasing a
sprinkler system. A garden rain gauge can help you determine exactly
how much rain has fallen.
Decide On An Underground Or Above Ground Sprinkler System
Generally, you will make the decision of an above ground or underground
sprinkler system based on how much time you want to invest in
maintaining the system, the size of your lawn and how much cash
you want to spend.
Underground systems are typically more expensive, but if you
have an enormous lawn, then they are the best choice. Underground
systems make it easier by far to maintain your lawn watering since
you won’t have to review your options and worry about removing
the sprinklers each time you mow or work on your lawn.
Attaching A Sprinkler To Your Garden Hose
If your lawn is somewhat smaller, on the other hand, an elaborate
underground system might be going a little overboard. At the low
end of the scale of above ground sprinklers, you can buy a sprinkler
attachment for your garden hose and just place that on the lawn.
This method can work for larger lawns if you live in an area
where the average daily or weekly inches rainfall is non sufficient.
Heavy Watering For A Small Lawn
Spray sprinkler systems can spill out a large amount of water
in a relatively short amount of time. They can disperse around
an inch and a half to an inch and three quarters of water per
hour; making them well suited to small spaces that need a good
heavy watering.
They are also great for highly absorbent soils that have a high
sand content. They are not suitable for soils that contain high
proportions of clay, since a large amount of water will end up
as run off.
Know Your Soil And Local Rainfall
Before purchasing a sprinkler system, determine the type of soil
you have and calculate the average rainfall in your area.
To determine how much water your sprinkler system is distributing,
just set up a rain gauge electronic, or make one yourself by placing
several receptacles like jars, cans or small buckets of the same
size around your lawn.
Water For Your Lawn
Turn the system on and after ten minutes, turn it off. Measure
the water depth to determine the length of time to water. For
example, if after ten minutes it contains a fifth of an inch of
water, then you know you will need to run your system for fifty
minutes to apply a full inch to your lawn.
Additionally, how much you need to water your lawn also depends
on the average rainfall and any water restrictions in your area.
About the Author:
Joel F Morningstar has written a number of articles on gardening, backyard ideas, home improvement and landscaping including
Patio Garden,
Lawn And Garden,
Miniature Fruit Trees,
Pepper Plant,
Front Yard Landscape,
Lawn Swing,
Fast Growing Trees,
Stone Walkway,
Big Backyard,
Deck Ideas,
Swing Set Backyard,
Backyard Landscaping.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
Little Known Facts About Rain Gauge....
Who created the first rain gauge?
History is a bit fuzzy when it comes to accurately
giving credit to who first used a rain gauge. Some believe that
it was first used in the province of Cheugugi in Korea but there
are others that state that Jang Yeong Sil developed it.
If you stop and think about it, the Ancient
Greeks were probably the first to use rain gauges but they may
have been in very simplified forms.
The first known records attribute this
back to 500 BC. In 1662 the first tipping-bucket rain gauge was
invented in Britain by Christopher Wren. This was a far more accurate
gauge than those found previously.
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