I use a programmable watering system that can be controlled by computer, iPhone, many devices , called b-Hive.
If it rains the weather report is programmed into the system and doesn’t water. The same for drought conditions the program reports if soil is dry or to much water. It takes the quessing game outta watering, especially during the current climate change. Helps to know just how fast the soil dries out in high temps during the summer since our climate change our temps are now hitting 90’s to 100 temps in the PNW. Which were extremely unusual in the past.
Very hand dandy when it’s vaca time.