Many people take great pride in how their lawn looks. For many a good lawn is essential to a good home. The main thing that most lawns will often need is regular watering. While there have been automated sprinkler systems around for many years, it is not until recently that you could control them with home automation software. Today, you can control almost anything, sprinkler systems included with automation software. So if you have had plenty of rain then you can hold of on running the sprinklers. If you have not had much rain and you are away from your home, you can access the software through the Internet and make sure you lawn gets plenty of water.