Start with the water
Water first.
Everything else second.
Feed, weed treatments, top grade sod: none of it pays off if the water is hit or miss. Sand near the shore lets water slip away fast, and dragging a hose around cannot keep pace.
Why hoses come up short.
You can water with a hose and a spigot timer. Here is how that tends to go, and at a rental or second home in Avalon or Sea Isle City, nobody is even around to move the hose.
Hose and spigot timer
- Brown patches in the spots the spray never reaches
- Water going on at noon, with much of it lost to sun and wind
- Ants setting up house in the dry areas
- Feed and treatments thrown at grass too weak to take them in
Sprinklers in the ground
- Heads set so the whole lawn gets an even share
- Water goes on early in the morning, all on its own
- A Wi-Fi timer you run from your phone, with rain and season settings
- Money you put into the lawn later finally does its job
Do it in the right order.
Working with a tight budget? Follow these steps from the top down.
Sprinklers go in first
Put the system in and tune it. The grass you have now perks up as soon as it gets steady water. A new system usually runs $2,850 to $3,950.
Sod comes next
Sod laid over working sprinklers roots in about 10 days, not 21, since the water shows up on time from the first morning. $2.85 per sq ft with everything in.
After that, upkeep
Stick to the care plan we give you. A lawn that is put in right and watered right holds up for 10 years or more with little work.
New sod with no sprinklers is a sports car with no fuel. Put the water in first, or do both in the same job.
Hire people who do this every day.
A crew that fits sprinklers in between mulch runs is not a sprinkler company.
All-around landscaper
- Sprinklers squeezed in between mowing and mulch
- Bargain heads that clog up and quit
- Zones that ignore sun, slope and soil
- Nobody comes back to check or tune it
Cape May County Sod & Irrigation
- Sod and sprinklers are our whole business
- Toro heads and a Hunter Wi-Fi timer
- Heads laid out on site for your sun, soil and yard shape
- Tuned before the crew leaves, and checked again later
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Quit paying for treatments that can't work.
Fix the water first. Text us your address and we will price the system that lets the rest of your lawn care pay off.
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