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Old 01-04-2010, 06:49 PM
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Here's a link on water usage (you may have to copy/paste the link since some links to villages sites don't work from TOTV).

http://www.thevillageswaterwisdom.com/

Scroll down and on the left side you'll see a link for "recommended irrigation zone run times" that describes how you should adjust for different seasons. Bascially, you need to run your system all year, but, use less in winter.

The current freezing spell is another matter. I turned my system off for this week as I didn't think it was recommended to water at 4am when the temps are below freezing. I'll turn it back on when things warm up.
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