Irrigation controller wireless network adapter and networked remote service

A method of implementing irrigation, the method comprising:

• confirming, at a server, authorized access to a first user account of multiple user accounts by a user utilizing a remote user device remote from the server and communicating with the server over a distributed communication network;
• receiving, at the server, a request to associate a wireless adapter with the first user account, wherein the wireless adapter is located at a site where irrigation is to be controlled by a local irrigation controller that is separate from and coupled with the wireless adapter over a direct wireline connection, and wherein the site is remote from the server;
• communicating instructions to the user device to initiate the association by pressing a communication button on the wireless adapter;
• determining, at the server, whether a communication is received, from over the distributed communication network, from the wireless adapter, wherein the communication is generated from the wireless adapter in response to a user physically activating the communication button on the wireless adapter and wirelessly communicated from the wireless adapter;
• and
• associating the wireless adapter with the first user account when the communication is received.