Archive for November, 2013

Posted on: November 29th, 2013 by NickMillward Posted in Uncategorized

http://youtu.be/KyL-UrFKlzQ What NOT to do. This may be the most criminally ignorant of any DIY irrigation video ever produced. This dude lays out an array of garbage purchased from the big box store, and claims for around $200 you can build your own sprinkler system. Follow his advice and watch your investment turn into thousands of dollars of major repairs, possible property damage, a huge water bill, and the good chance of contaminating your neighborhood’s water supply. Fortunately most of […]

Posted on: November 17th, 2013 by NickMillward Posted in Uncategorized

On Sunday, Nov. 3 I touched down in Austin and hooked up with my  friends Mike and Vivian, ex-Seattleites now living in the Hyde Park neighborhood.  They agreed to house me for a week out of the kindness of their hearts, or the lack of sense in their brains. Crusty had come down the dusty trail to see all the other Crustys in the water biz. From the Wiki page, IA in a nutshell: “The Irrigation Association (IA) is a […]

Posted on: November 17th, 2013 by NickMillward Posted in Uncategorized

This fall City Rain was called in to get the irrigation system together for the new Green Plate Special garden location on 25th Ave. S and S. Walker St. in the Mt. Baker neighborhood/ Rainier Valley. Ironically it’s just a few hundred feet from a McDonald’s. Green Plate Special gets middle school aged kids interested in healthy food via hands on growing and cooking food. How cool is that? In order for  cool kids to grow cool food, you’re gonna […]