Invoice (through May) >

Here is the quote from Andersons for pasture irrigation materials

Pasture diagram

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Filler plants to consider for around tree in corner next to valves

Symptom: plum tree damage / Cause: Sapsucker bird

Annual maintenance for May and July >>

SPRING >> pull and spray weeds (including spurge and nutgrass), clean out front sprinklers (if necessary), adjust rear sprinklers, clean out front and rear drip filters, edge and blow

WINTER >> shut off double check valve and valve by spigot so well water does not go to pasture

Pressure and flow test (July 2018) >>

Front well test – 34psi/3.3gpm (90 seconds to fill 5gal bucket)
Rear well test – 41psi/6.7gpm (45 seconds to fill 5gal bucket)
Rear NID test – 37psi/8.6gpm (35 seconds to fill 5gal bucket)

Lawn issues and treatment >>
approx. 6500 sq. ft. of lawn

Clover (flourishes in late summer and fall when grass has been stressed from summer) >>> Organic treatment — balance pH in soil, add nitrogen to thicken lawn and drive out Clover

Other weeds — Spotted/Prostrate Spurge (appears mainly along edge of grass and concrete in front), Nutsedge/Nutgrass (2 areas in rear lawn), Crabgrass (“spotty” in rear yard) >>> Chemical treatment — Ortho Nutsedge Killer, Ortho Weed B Gon 32 oz. Max Plus Crabgrass Control Concentrate — for Spotted Spurge and Crabgrass

Irrigation timer and valves

Front // 9:30pm – 1am
1 25min
2 25
3 25
4 25
5 25
6 25
7 45 – drip

Back // 2 – 6am
1 30min – drip
2 30
3 30
4 30
5 30
6 30
7 30
8 30
9 4hrs pasture