So in college, I learned how to determine how much to irrigate. I learned how in so many places and so many ways I was beginning to get confused. So I wrote up this lovely little article on everything I knew about irrigation. I did leave out the more difficult calculations. (So much fun, but really why waste all that effort when a simple one would do?) Fast forward to now. I was running an irrigation clock and had my doubts on how to run it. In other words, I was doing it badly. Finally the nagging I was giving myself caused me to look at the wonderful article. (I just realized I said it was little. It’s not.) Within five minutes I was throughly refreshed all my knowledge, realized that, yes, I should irrigate more, but no, I wasn’t killing the plants.
I have to admit right now, I have no real information on irrigation systems. But when to irrigate…I learned about that in 4-5 classes: one of which involved the difficult calculations that I so much enjoyed, but forgot quickly due to no reason to actually use them. With all this rambling, I am now going to post my article that noone besides me has had access to before now. Feel free to use, leave feedback, and copy (but don’t plagiarize). I understand it perfectly but not sure everyone will, so if you have questions ASK. And enjoy.
IRRIGATION FOR THE HOME GARDENER (PDF)
IRRIGATION FOR THE HOME GARDENER (DOCX)
I did notice: this is Utah based. So its more useful if you live here, but still applies everywhere else.
Liz Braithwaite 
Liz can you link to your article unzipped? It is diffcult to open.
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Yes it is. I used Chrome, and it opened it no problem, but just tried in internet explorer, and it’s a mess. I’ll get it fixed shortly.
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Okay, since the docx file was being weird, I added a PDF.
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Thanks for the irrigation PDF’s Liz. I’m looking at implementing irrigation services to our lawncare business next year (possibly)
How much do you typically charge your customers to set up one of these systems?
-Daniel
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I’ve only set clocks–no irrigation maintenance/installation. I’ve always done it as part as a larger project where I’m usually paid hourly. It doesn’t take me long either: so I have no idea what I’d actually charge for the service itself.
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Oh, the water checks are also really nice for customers, but they have a program here where they do it for free.
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