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April Showers Bring May Flowers

4/11/2013

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    It's Almost April 15th, the day we usually start our Spring Turn-On Season,
but due to "Super Storm Sandy" the landscapers have been out in force seeding, fertilizing, and sodding everything in sight, trying to make things look green again, but also rushing the season and replacing shrubs and plants that "look dead" but in actuallity it is not yet time for some of these plants to bloom yet, they might be dead but they might not be! but the new planting has begun and as a result the rush has come early for the Irrigation needs of some of our clients, please know we are doing are best to keep up with the demand that has come a month early for us here at Jimmy's Lawn Sprinklers this year, and for everyone else just know that yes April Showers Still bring May Flowers, and what do May Flowers bring ?
Mothers Day ! the un-official 1st Day of the Watering Season for those who wait for Mother Nature to show us what has really Survived Sandy and what has not.

Jimmy,

Jimmy's Lawn Sprinkler Service.
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March 28th, 2013

3/28/2013

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Water! Water! Water!
We are now a week into the Spring Season,
The Landscaper trucks are now out in force,
Spring Clean ups have begun and all I am hearing is,

Water! Water! Water!

Please be Advised,
It is too soon to start watering!
Early morning temps are still freezing,
You can Ice Over the sidewalks and cause a
Slip & Fall  Law Suit

April 15th is a Safe Time to begin the Watering Season
for any new plantings & seeding.

Jimmy's Lawn Sprinkler Service.
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March 20th, 2013

3/20/2013

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Welcome to Spring 2013 !
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Wslcome to March

3/2/2013

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19 Day's Till Spring!

 What to Do to a Lawn After a Flood
  
Overview
One of the last things you do about after a disaster like a flood 
is worry about the front lawn. After the foundation, the basement and the 
appliances are squared away, however, that mess out front will have to be 
rehabilitated before you can grow anything but plantains and bulrushes. The 
first steps in reestablishing a healthy lawn require stabilizing your 
transformed environment.


Effects
Flooding suffocates your lawn. If the flooding is the result of a 
Hurricane storm surge, salt water deposits a load of sodium on the lawn grass 
that can kill it. If water sits on the soil for longer than a week or two, it 
can become "hydric", meaning that all of the air is squeezed out of it, making 
it fit only for aquatic plants and mosses. Most flooding is not so severe, 
however, and it is possible to rehabilitate the lawn. Your objective will be to 
get the air back into the soil and "mitigate", or relieve, any toxicity in it.  


Soil Rescue
Bacteria and chemicals carried by floodwaters must be removed 
before re-planting can proceed. Soil composition may also be severely altered. 
Fertilizer will certainly be washed away. The best way to analyze your soil's 
needs is to contact your local state university extension or USDA field office 
for a soil test. In the meantime, aerate the soil to get air and sunlight to 
struggling roots.  Spread gypsum over aerated soil with saltwater-damage not 
cured by irrigation alone; it will react with gypsum to form sodium sulfate and 
wash through the soil with more irrigation, leaving harmless calcium precipitate
  in its place.


Restoring Equilibrium
Once soil tests are complete, add lime or sulphur to correct pH and
  replace only essential nutrients---usually phosphate and phosphorus---according
  to recommendations; a heavy nitrogen feeding will shock lawn grasses into rapid
  growth in soil that is unable to support it. Lay down top dressing of an inch
or  two of manure or clean compost to establish a new healthy layer of topsoil, 
particularly if the turf is very thin.


Re-Seeding
Methods of reestablishing lawn grass will depend on the degree and 
type of damage done by flooding. Cool-season lawns in northern states may be 
temporarily over-seeded with perennial ryegrass or tall fescue. Overseed with 
ryegrass or bentgrass in warm-season areas. Recovering lawns can be fertilized 
and overseeded in fall. Heavily damaged lawns should be cultivated, fertilized, 
rolled and re-seeded---or sodded--in fall. Mow frequently and water deeply to 
encourage re-establishment of lawn grasses and discourage weed 
growth. -Garden Guides



Read more:  What
to Do to a Lawn After a Flood | Garden Guides
http://www.gardenguides.com/89875-lawn-after-flood.html#ixzz2MQzPb0BQ
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February 03rd, 2013

2/3/2013

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Polar Bear Plundge
Today is the BIG day for all you brave Polar Bears diving into the
 fridgid water at Long Beach
Good Luck you brave soles!

45 Days To Spring!
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Still Watering !

1/10/2013

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    So as I was driving around the North Shore today I could not help but notice a house with the Lawn Sprinkler System still on and working! whats todays date January 10th, I mean at least turn off the controller! If this winter ever actually turns to winter I guess they will slide down their ice covered front stairs and realize hey maybe we should shut off the lawn sprinkler system!

69 Days Till Spring!
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Happy New Year!

1/1/2013

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Happy New Year to all our Friends and Clients!, even though we had a good 2012 up untill Superstorm Sandy came and changed all of our lives, but it is 2013 now and I an not going to reference her again.

79 days till Spring!
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Seasons Greetings

12/29/2012

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This is our first post:

Our Thoughts & Prayers Go Out To All Of Super Storm Sandy Victoms.

The City of Long Beach is my Native Home Being Born in Long Beach Hospital and having gone through our School Years there, and although we currently do not reside there many of our Friends and Clients do and it breaks our hearts to see the devistation it btought to them and the City, and it will take some time but Long Beach and it's great people will recover, along with our Friends and Clients in Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, Point Lookout, Island Park, Oceanside, Freeport, Merrick, Bellmore, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa and all others affected.

Our Thoughts & Prayers Go Out To All Super Storm Sandy Victoms.

Welcome to out blog, at the time of this post it is Winter 2012, we think what this will turn into is the current events on Lawn Sprinkler Systems, With the Super Storm Sandy covering many Lawns with Sea Water and Sand I am not sure what effect if any that is going to have on the Sprinkler Heads and Zone Valves it submerged, it did in fact have such a high tide surge that it submerged many Irrigation Controllers which must be replaced, IF YOUR CONTROLLER WAS IN WATER DO NOT PLUG IT IN IT IS A FIRE HAZZARD, but we will have to wait and see in the Spring of 2013 if the outside equiptment is going to be okay.
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