"Why the heck is part of this bed dry?", I wondered, "and why is the wet area only 6' in diameter instead of 12'." Doubting that I can figure out the problem, I turned on the system to manual to watch it run and try to find the reason for less water pressure. Then... Whoa! Three geysers right next to me, and I saw THIS.
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| He chewed everywhere and broke through in three places. I wish the first hole had taken his head off, but I guess it didn't. I cut out the damaged tee-joint and installed a new joint this evening, buried it and put a dirt-filled pot on it. The plant died a while back - too much water, oddly enough. |
That squirrel must have been really hungry to chew on plastic... But I am glad you figured out the problem, will you buy metal next time:)?
ReplyDeleteSquirrels can be so destructive. They may be cute but they are pains in the rear. Since we lost most of our pine trees to hurricanes and bugs we don't have as many visiting our property, and we are thankful. Glad you were able to figure out your sprinkler problem.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend ~ FlowerLady
Did they do it to get water? What on earth? I have squirrles too but thank God all thry do is eat bird seed...you have some nasty ones!
ReplyDeleteI feel your frustration with those rascally squirrels. But, I'm really impressed with your repair skills. Glad you have the irrigation fixed as I think we're not getting any rain again anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteOoh, Sherry, "squirrels" is too kind a term. "tree rats" is more like it! rodents with fuzzy tails. grrr. hope the tree rat suffers severe dental issues from all his destructiveness in your garden. the blooms look really lovely... :)
ReplyDeleteHi Sherry, I was directed to your site from a fellow GW'er. I had problems with squirrels chewing into the solar pool panels on the roof of my house every spring until I set out a few glazed ceramic pot saucers and started keeping them filled with water. Since that time two years ago I've had no further damage and I see the squirrels drinking out of the saucers regularly. You might want to consider doing this.
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