Alice, I have to sheepishly admit that my sprinkler conversion has been a work in progress for at least 5 years.
I've converted the whole yard inside the fence into gravel pathways, mulch and perennials. All the lawn has been gone for years, but the old sprinklers have been watering the pathways and mulch as I fixed one area per season. This week I realized I only had 3 sprinkler heads to go, and it was going to finally be Done! The digging is the toughest part, especially in the gravel pathways. We had some cool weather bless us, so I got 'er done.
Once you've dug down to the attachment, it's really pretty simple. Lowe's has little caps with micro adaptors on them, so you just dig down around the old head, unscrew it, attach a riser to the right height and screw on one of those adaptors. Then fit the micro tubing onto the cap, and place your little sprinklers where they will do the most good. You can get caps with one, two or four tubing attachments. I always use four, luckily I have really great water pressure.
I just really like the flexibility of the micro system because I'm constantly changing stuff in my garden. I put in emitters that can be turned off and adjusted to cover small or large areas, too.
