This was from the mandatory sprinkler work due to the renovation but it is a great example of creating and frugality. Instead of spending over $50 to buy a 4 port sprinkler manifold, I built my own for about $7 in parts. Look at it. It is like yard art. Yard art that gets placed in the ground in a box and never seen. A nice piece of hydrological engineering like this deserves to be seen - thanks for indulging.
Here is another shot of the manifold - connected to the zone pipes for the 5 zones.