Dry Rain

 It must be raining dry water lately  Except for one nice wet rain in the past two weeks, it has been dry.  And HOT!  But the infamous Louisiana humidity has been dropping into the mid-40 % range.  That's good for us humans, but it makes for faster evaporation of anything wet or dependent on wet water.  

Meanwhile, the costly water we have come to know and love must be called upon to feed the grass and other plants that crave it.  However, the mechanical sprinklers that deliver the costly water to the grass began to encounter problems spraying evenly.  It is clearly because some of the grass was interfering with the spray pattern. because the actual spray head does not rise high enough. 

Neighborly suggestions included various types and shapes of protective rings to be placed around the sprinkler heads.  Knowing that the heavy commercial lawn mower would press the rings into the ground and mute their purpose.  But to see if it would help, I came up with these which I cut from a piece of PVC pipe and drove into the ground around the sprinkler head.

The "teeth" allowed me to rotate the device as I pressed downward, thereby cutting away the annoying grass over-growth.  Then I used a rubber mallet to drive the device down to the most effective height.

The first one I tried appears to help but only time will tell.  Otherwise, I will have to dig up the area surrounding the sprinkler head and raise it back up to its proper height.  This is easier, unless it does not solve the problem.  

"Easier" is a good thing.