Month: May 2019

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KUSAYANE-pinch !

Happening-20190517

My doughter said that Half of Greenroof is dead. So I went on the greenroof …

Panoramic photo (right side 2/3 turf is dead)

Oh my god!

First of all, I decided to switch the automatic irrigation system to manual and see what happens. As you can see in the video below (it’s hard to understand!), the water flow seems to be only in the front half.

Is the root of the flower clogged somewhere in the irrigation pipe? When I went up to the roof again, there was a place where water overflowed from the soil.

Water is spilling over the ground from a point of the rake tip.

Investigation-20190518

Now, looking at the drawing, the irrigation pipe is embedded in the ground like this.

I will try to dig the grass between the green part and the dead part.

When the irrigation pipe came out, I tried to manually drain the water again…

Jackpot! It turned out that the pipe had a break, and most of the water went out of here, and there was no water flowing into the pipe from here. Why did this part break?…

Repair-20190519

Now, the repair procedure is… First, I think it is appropriate to cut this part of the pipe and connect it with a joint. I have procured a hose fitting that matches the diameter of the pipe at a nearby DIY store.

The irrigation pipe is Kakudai’s porous pipe 5785 (15 mm inside diameter, 20 mm outside diameter). Substitute fittings are for hose inner diameter 15-18 mm. The hose band is for 19-25 mm.About 350 yen in total.

Go up to the roof and start working!

First, cut at the scratched part.
Insert fittings
Insert the fittings into the other
Fixed with hose bands (actually, pass the cable tie through the pipe first)
Since some water is leaking from the insertion port, weaken the water pressure a little.
Water is seeping out even at the downstream side (head) of the joint. It’s OK!
Make sure that water is coming out even on the tip of the roof.

Cause and Response

  • The pipe was scratched for some reason.⇒Repair with fittings.
  • The water pressure was too high (fully open the faucet!).⇒Squeezed the faucet considerably and changed the irrigation time to 20 minutes.

I want to see the situation for a while.

20190519

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Gardening 20190513

The Labor Standards Law has been revised and it is necessary to take (get) five or more days off. So I’m on vacation today.

I went to ”The Farm” in Ibaraki City.

“Bear grass” and “Agrostemma Ocean Pearl” were planted together in a tin pot that survived only ivy.
Rice flower was planted at the foot of Yamaboshi. Will this tree grow up?.
“Hydrangea-Tinkerbell”

20190513

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Gardening20190511

I got flowers, because this month is my birth month.

It’s Petit Dahlia Humming Bronze. There are 3 types of colors, the red called “Brookfield delight”, the yellow called “Silentia”, the pink called “purplea”. I got 5 stocks, 3 colors.

Planted one by one.
Planted together with Hardenbergia and margaret.
Planted in the ground .
Add bunny tail (right side), Salvia farinacea(left side). Origanum ‘Kent Beauty’ are glowing.

From my favorite shopI got a “Mini rose” for my birth month, too .

Mini rose

Others

Add Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ in the pot of group planting – Eremophila nivea and Lysimachia nummularia
Planted Verbena (blue and salmon) on the berm.
Pruning Japanese maple.
Before
Under the Japanese maple, Gazania – “Canary smile” is full of energy.
Panolamic view. Creeping thyme and Super Alyssum, their flowering season is about to end, so thin out their.

20190511

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French-lavender

Part 1

Now is the flowering season for “Creeping thyme”.Co-starring with “Super Alyssum”.On the left is ”Australian rosemary”, the plant above “Creeping thyme” and ”Super Alyssum” is ”Origanum-Kent Beauty”. It would be nice to have another tall flower here.

Part２

This is probably Kalanchoe. Flowers bloom beautifully every year at this time.

Part３

This is Sedam. I picked it up from a nearby park before and planted it. It has many yellow flowers now.

Part４

French lavender !. This is the herb I’ve always wanted. I tried to recreate the group pots of “Olearia Little Smoky”, “Ballota”, ”Nemesia” and “Carex”, and stuffed it in the middle!

2019.05.06