Landscaping :: Irrigation & Drainage

Lawn & landscape irrigation is a highly specialized skill that combines the use of plumbing, electronics and hydraulic engineering to deliver the correct amount of water to your lawn and landscape plants. The correct amount of water to keep plants and turf healthy can change every day. Rainfall, temperature, wind, day length, soil type, soil water capacity and several other factors all change on a daily basis to affect how much water your lawn & landscape needs. We offer rain sensors that turn off your system after natural rainfall has occurred. They will even keep your system turned off until the soil dries out and requires more water. If your lawn or plants get too much water, it not only wastes water but is harmful to the plants. Too little water and your plants and lawn suffer as well. Our job is to make sure your plants and turf get just the right amount of water for a landscape that enhances the beauty and health of your outdoor world.

Proper drainage and control of water on your residential or commercial property is essential. Harvest Landscape offers the evaluation and recommendation of proper drainage solutions to meet your needs. In order to assist the water to flow properly, we may recommend the installation of a French Drain. The purpose of a French Drainage System is to carry unwanted free standing water away from a building, such as your home. French drains are commonly installed near the perimeter of a building at the lowest point or anywhere where standing water is found. The system may terminate at any point where the water will not drain back toward the house. The best approach is to run the water out to the street or to a dry well.

French drains are generally shallow drainage systems. However, as with your plumbing waste drainage, French drains operate on the principle of gravity. The drain must slope downward. The minimum recommended slope is 1/4 inch per foot. If the landscape grade runs upward along the French drain path you will have to dig deeper to maintain a downward slope.

Harvest has a State of Texas Licensed Irrigator on staff: #LI0007508 for the design, installation, and repair of Sprinkler Systems. Look for the licensing from any contractor you contact for the design, installation or repair of an irrigation system.

Call Harvest Landscape today at (817) 236-5296 for a free estimate!

Proper drainage and control of water on your residential or commercial property is essential. Harvest Landscape offers the evaluation and recommendation of proper drainage solutions to meet your needs. In order to assist the water to flow properly, we may recommend the installation of a French Drain. The purpose of a French Drainage System is to carry unwanted free standing water away from a building, such as your home. French drains are commonly installed near the perimeter of a building at the lowest point or anywhere where standing water is found. The system may terminate at any point where the water will not drain back toward the house. The best approach is to run the water out to the street or to a dry well.

French drains are generally shallow drainage systems. However, as with your plumbing waste drainage, French drains operate on the principle of gravity. The drain must slope downward. The minimum recommended slope is 1/4 inch per foot. If the landscape grade runs upward along the French drain path you will have to dig deeper to maintain a downward slope.

Harvest has a State of Texas Licensed Irrigator on staff: #LI0007508 for the design, installation, and repair of Sprinkler Systems. Look for the licensing from any contractor you contact for the design, installation or repair of an irrigation system.

Call Harvest Landscape today at (817) 236-5296 for a free estimate!

Tired of manually setting your irrigation system? Existing irrigation system controllers have timers that must be manually pre-set for watering days and times. Therefore, the timer on these systems must have the number of days and the number of minutes to water each station changed to fit the weather and the outside temperature in order to obtain proper coverage. The result is a system that will turn on a sprinkler system on a pre-set day as scheduled, whether or not it is raining. If one of the strong Texas storms blow through the area, it's not prudent to run the sprinkler system just after it rains. While some cities require a rain/freeze sensor that causes the irrigation system to not water the lawn during a rain shower, it doesn't stop the system from irrigating the lawn if the rains have recently passed.

Wouldn't it be nice if the irrigation system controller was smarter than that? In fact, Harvest Landscape offers an irrigation controller system with three sensors. The system includes both a freeze sensor and a rain sensor that will shut down the irrigation system when it rains and/or during freeze conditions. The third sensor, called a Solar Sensor, connects to the controller and will automatically increase or decrease watering run times based on changes in weather. The result is a new water-efficient irrigation system that promotes water conservation and healthier plants. It eliminates the need to manually adjust your watering schedule.

The Solar Sensor is installed in an area that can receive rain as well as full sun, and is connected to the irrigation controller. The Solar Sensor measures solar radiation and temperature, and then calculates the daily evapotranspiration (ET) factor, which represents the amount of water lost by the plants due to local climate that needs to be replaced by additional water from the sprinkler system. Since the system includes the rain sensor, the system will automatically shut down during rain events. Now that's an eco-friendly way to water your lawn.

For Residential or Commercial Property Owners, find out how a properly designed irrigation system can reduce your water usage. Harvest's Irrigation and Sprinkler System Division can help you become more green-friendly while potentially reducing expenses associated with the use of water.

Call Harvest Landscape today at (817) 236-5296 for a free estimate!