The Ground Source Blog

Your trusty irrigation system is hanging out, doing its thing, keeping your lawn green and your flowers healthy.

Then, one day, a truck full of concrete pavers shows up. A skid steer starts zooming around. There’s talk of new sod.

What the heck? Your irrigation system is understandably anxious. What about all its lines tenderly tucked underground? What about all its reliable sprinkler heads?

A new landscaping project is exciting — to you. But will there be lawn irrigation damage your sprinkler system should stress out about?

Dogs protect their bones by burying them. Pirates protect their treasure by burying it.

So when it’s time to protect your landscape lighting wire, you bury it, right?

Wheelbarrow? Check.

Shovel? Check.

Bottle of favorite painkillers? Check.

Excitement about moving a mountain of mulch from your driveway to the beds all over your yard? Hmmmmm…

The weather’s getting wilder out there.

How secure is your landscaping if a storm comes roaring through?

When you start looking for outdoor plants safe for dogs here in Central Florida, it’s doggone disappointing at first.

Asiatic jasmine? Nope — toxic. Podocarpus? Toxic. Croton? Ti plant? Bougainvillea?

Nope, nope, nope.

Aw, man, so many Florida favorites! We’re clearly barking up the wrong tree. This might be ruff.