November 7, 2007
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Well, we got a light freeze last night, but I can't detect any damage to my garden yet. I'm sure it's just a matter of days before things get zapped, so I'll enjoy every minute I still have flowers blooming in my yard.
I've suspected for some weeks now that I had a leak in my sprinkler system, and since I had my builder put it in before I took possession of the house, AND since my 1 year anniversary in the house is quickly approaching and I won't be able to have anything fixed on my builder's nickel after November 30th, I had them come out last Friday and search for the leak. The sprinkler guy fixed a leaky connection at one of the sprinkler heads and thought that was the total problem. I purposely didn't use the sprinkler system after that to see if the wet soggy section of my flower bed would dry up . . . it didn't. So yesterday he came out again and this time he dug up a strip along the pipes about 5 foot long. He said that the scars to my lawn would heal up fairly fast. As soon as he left I gave the whole yard a good long sprinkling because of the freeze possibilities predicted for last night. I think all the flowers were really thirsty.
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I hope it's all sorted now! :good-job:
That could be expensive! We had a hard frost last night.
:sunny:Our weather is cooling off, but only lows in the 50s. I'm not looking forward to cold weather. But it does kill a lot of bugs.
We don't have a sprinkler system but I would love to have one.
Ava
It is good you found it before your warranty was up. I know that when we bought a new house years ago in Colorado Springs, that we had to have the builder come back several times for minor things in that first year.
I got up this morning, and the outside thermometer showed in the low 20's. We seem to have gone from summer to winter in two weeks time here in Wisconsin.
No extended warranty?
h-well: Pretty picture and I hope they got the irrigation fixed.
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