Have you ever wanted an autopilot way to take care of your lawn and garden without having to think about it? A good solution is to buy a traveling sprinkler. Using only water pressure from your hose, it circles your lawn and evenly waters everything in its path. The water hose attaches to a nozzle, just like any other garden sprinkler, and the pressure turns a series of gears which turn the wheels attached to the bottom of the sprinkler, allowing you to turn it on and let it run its course without moving it every hour.
Some models come with a track that spreads across your lawn and has a ramp at the end, signaling the automatic shut-off when your sprinkler comes to the end of its designated course. Different models have different features, but all are fairly cheap to buy, from thirty to seventy dollars. The typical water pressure in a traveling sprinkler is from forty to sixty pounds per square inch, and most sprinklers travel at a speed of about sixty feet per hour, ensuring a thorough soaking of the ground in its area.
You can water your lawn during the day or night, but most choose to water during the day. Be sure to abide by local water ordinances in your town or township. You cannot beat the ease with which you can get a thorough coverage of your lawn by simply using one of these systems two to three times a week. People today keep busy schedules, and the sort of care required by today's professionals usually involves hiring an expensive lawncare team to keep things nice, but if you have a traveling sprinkler, you can turn it on and forget it.
There are even automatic models which turn on according to a set timer. These work miracles at keeping your lawn green and saving you headaches. You probably have other things to think about. These will come in particularly handy during a dry season, or if you have a new lawn that needs extra care and watering, or bare spots in your lawn. If you compare the one time purchase of a traveling sprinkler, which usually comes with a warranty, to the recurring cost of lawn maintenance from a lawncare crew, it's easy to see that a traveling sprinkler is a cheaper alternative. It is also much cheaper than installing a system of automatic sprinklers. This type of system can cost thousands, and hundreds in repair costs if something goes wrong.
Alternately, if a traveling sprinkler breaks during normal use, it can easily be replaced, sometimes for free, depending upon the conditions in your warranty. All of these things are to be considered in favor of traveling sprinklers to take care of your lawn and garden. If it's a bad growing season, having one will help tremendously. If it's a good growing season, your results are sure to be that much better. Take good care of your lawn this season with the investment in a traveling sprinkler system.
