| You know that watering your lawn is an | | | | After ten minutes, turn off the portable |
| important part of lawn care but you have | | | | sprinkler and check the amount of water for |
| limited time to do it. Other than hiring | | | | each cup. The amount in each cup will vary, |
| someone to do it for you, you can set up a | | | | as portable sprinklers tend to have uneven |
| portable sprinkler to do the job for you. | | | | water distribution. However, the variation |
| | | | should not be more than 0.25 inch. You will |
| A portable sprinkler is particularly useful | | | | use the cup that has the least amount of |
| if you have a small lawn since it can be | | | | water for your estimation. Lets assume that |
| chore to move it around by hand for a large | | | | there is 0.2 inch of water in the cup with |
| lawn. If you live in an area with reasonable | | | | the least amount of water. If you want to |
| amount of rainfall, the portable sprinkler | | | | apply 0.5 inch of water, you will have to |
| can be use to supplement rainfall when the | | | | leave the portable sprinkler running for 25 |
| occasional drought period arise. | | | | minutes. |
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| You can shop for a portable sprinkler easily | | | | A good hose is also vital for your portable |
| in any well-stocked nursery or hardware | | | | sprinkler to work efficiently. A good hose |
| store. Review the information on the | | | | will roll up easily in any weather and does |
| sprinkler box. It should indicate the size | | | | not kink or crack. A cheap hose will give you |
| and shape of the area it can cover. | | | | more maintenance headaches down the road as |
| | | | it tend to kink and crack after using it for |
| There are many designs for portable sprinkler | | | | some times. You will also waste precious |
| and you should evaluate carefully which one | | | | water due to leakage from the cheap hose. |
| will meet your needs. Some models allow you | | | | |
| to cover odd-shaped lawn while other may have | | | | It is also advisable to hook up a timer |
| a tractor system that can move along the | | | | between your faucet and your hose. You simply |
| water hose. | | | | set up the timer and it will shut off the |
| | | | sprinkler automatically after the set amount |
| After you purchase your portable sprinkler, | | | | of time has elapsed. This will prevent any |
| you will want to do a test to see how it | | | | wastage of water. |
| performs. In particular you want to know how | | | | |
| much water it is using to cover your lawn. | | | | Once you have everything set up properly, you |
| First, place the portable sprinkler at the | | | | will want to monitor the response of your |
| center of your lawn and turn it on for about | | | | lawn and adjust the water application |
| ten seconds. You want to know exactly how | | | | accordingly. The portable sprinkler may not |
| much area it can cover. After ten seconds, | | | | cover a few spots in your lawn and you will |
| turn the portable sprinkler off and place | | | | have to do the watering manually for these |
| about seven or eight empty cups in the area | | | | spots. Nevertheless, with the introduction of |
| covered by the portable sprinkler. Turn on | | | | a portable sprinkler, the time you spent |
| the portable sprinkler again and leave it | | | | watering your lawn will be dramatically |
| running for ten minutes. | | | | reduced and you can have more time to relax |
| | | | and do the things you want to do. |