Turn off outdoor water spigots to prevent freezing

With the cold weather upon us now is the time to prepare your outdoor pipes to prevent freezing and bursting. If you have any hose-based systems (like the one I wrote about this summer), you’ll want to drain and/or disconnect…

Install a garden hose spigot anywhere with a custom-length hose

In working on an automated sprinkler system, I started with the very basics: getting water where I wanted it. We’ll talk about the sprinkler system in an upcoming post, but the first thing I wanted to do is to get…

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Turn off outdoor water spigots to prevent freezing

Install a garden hose spigot anywhere with a custom-length hose