If your sidewalk is flooding every time your irrigation system fires up, chances are you have a damaged sprinkler head (mowers love to eat sprinkler heads!). Swap it out for a new one in 15 minutes ...

Home irrigation systems are incredibly convenient; they make it easy to keep your lawn and garden lush and green without much physical labor. However, a sprinkler system can develop problems over time ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...