Lab notes from the test lawn.
Honest experiments, hardware reviews, agronomic physics. Built in Round Rock, written for the lawn nerd audience everywhere.
EC and Your Lawn: Why Moisture Isn't the Whole Story
The soil metric nobody is talking about — and why I added it to my dashboard the week my WH52s shipped.
Soil moisture tells you when to water. EC tells you whether you should be watering at all — or flushing salts instead. Here's what changed when I started tracking both.
Ecowitt to Rachio: I tried all 4 options and shipped one
A one-person dev shop's field report from the soil-probe rabbit hole — wired sensors vs. Home Assistant vs. hosted bridge.
There is no native Ecowitt → Rachio path. Confirmed with both vendors. Here are the four real options I tested, what each cost in time and money, and what I ended up building when I got tired of waiting for someone else to fix it.
Choosing Your Lawn Care App: What a Pro-Grade Platform Delivers Beyond the Green
Selecting the right lawn care app goes beyond basic scheduling. I'll walk through my criteria for a pro-grade platform, focusing on data, long-term goals, and time commitment, sharing insights from my own Round Rock lawn.