Mud and mulch, a winning combination. Thank goodness for rainboots! My housemate spreading the special lawn weed killer stuff so that our "lawn" (haha) will one day hopefully be more than a dandelion patch! I got to use my new....sharp implement whose name I can't remember....and my new hose that Lee my housemate insisted was wonderful (he's a gadget kinda guy) And I also moved that plant over about 4 " that's behind the rose bush. I felt ridiculous doing it, because, y'know, 4 measly inches!! But it made me feel so much better.
Ronni, is your sharp implement a cultivator? If so, you'll find it is one of the most useful gardening implements around. Four inches may be nothing much to you, but to a plant it can mean the difference between thriving and just surviving. I think you have the makings of a great gardener, and Lee ain't bad, either!
Those are some spiffy looking boots there Ronni! :-D You can rest easy now that you moved that plant those few inches. I'm sure it would have bugged you for years if you hadn't. I was just discussing those new-fangled water hoses today with Hubby's sister. After you use it for a while, I'd be curious to know how they work and hold up. That bed is looking better already!
Ah yes just like Cheryl i was admiring the garden hose,..i was puzzled at first never having come across one before,..looks nice and flexible,..yep you both are progressing real well. Philip
There's no question that plant would have driven me crazy! And I know myself well enough to know that successive plantings around it would have been placed in such a way as to compensate for that plant's mis-positioning, which could very likely have created more placing problems, not to mention likely doing a disservice to the plants themselves. So, yeah......better to just deal now. Philip, Cheryl, so far the hose is OK. I really gave Lee, my housemate, a hard time about it. :twisted: He's always after the latest gadget and gets endless ribbing not only from me, but from my kids, too........he's their godfather from 30+ years ago, so they know him well and the banter runs riot around here when everyone gets together! Anyway, the hose.....it seems to be working out fine. This is everything I can comment on, so far....... The Pros: It's extremely light and flexible, so manipulating it around the garden, carrying it, rolling it to store it, are all extremely easy~~a personal bugbear for me because I hate wrestling hoses even though it comes with the territory when you love to garden, I guess. I love bright colors, That it's so happy looking is fun for me. That bright color makes it very easy to spot running through the lawn and being around. I've had more than one hose run over by an enthusiastic lawn guy. This one would be pretty hard to miss. The Cons: It takes a while for the water to flow through it fully, BUT! .... we're having an issue with water pressure throughout the house, so it's more than likely that, rather than any fault with the hose. When you turn on the water, the hose has to actually expand in both length and width and it's not an instant expansion. It doesn't bother me, just something I noticed. In line with the first con above, when you turn the water off, it takes a few seconds to crinkle up again....not all the way as it was fresh out of the box (it was tiny then!) I have one of those sprayer things than enable me to turn the water off and on from the sprayer rather than the spigot, so I have to keep the sprayer handle depressed to let the water drain from the hose some. Lee says I need to do that with this hose, so I do. The bright color, a pro above, might also be a con if it gets dirty and I feel the need to wash it But that's just me being anal I think. I guess the pros and cons are pretty even, but in spite of that, the pros still outweigh the cons for me. So far I like the hose and don't want to switch back. I'll let you know if that changes.
Guess I need to get my new hose (like yours) out of the box and see how it does. I'm hoping it will be lighter in weight than the old one and not kink. I hate kinky hoses
Jewell, I've dragged this one all over the garden, gathered it up and dumped it in a pile when I was done watering, and so far it hasn't kinked once! That should have been on my list of pros because, like you, I abhor hoses that kink up, bend in the way they do that completely obstructs the flow of water. So far, so good with this one. Haul yours out, give it a whirl....I'm curious to see if your experience is the same as mine.
Cultivator! Yes, thank you. Getting old sucks, just by the way....first thing to go's the memory! And yes, it was very useful. I'm still getting the hang of some of these garden tools, and what works and what doesn't, but after using the cultivator, I immediately realized I need a hand-held one, so it's now on my list!
Ronni, I gave the hose a try after work tonight. Love the light weight, and no kinking. Am a little worried about the quality of the connectors. I bought a 50' hose, but it doesn't stretch that far without really pulling on it, and even then I don't think it would get out the full 50'. Because of the light weight I will pick up at least one or two more to have for certain areas of my yard. No kinks and light weight are priorities when I am watering..
Oh awesome! Yeah, I'm really impressed with the no kinking, and the lack of heft....like you these are major pluses in my book. When you mention the connectors, are you talking about where it connects to the faucet and the connection to whatever sprayer you're using? Lee put a washer in our sprayer connection because it was leaking slightly, and that solved the problem completely. Oh, wait.....you're talking about pulling on it, and the hose itself coming away from the metal connections, aren't you? Can't speak to that I'm afraid, I yanked on it once or twice to get it to reach further than it should and it was fine then, but over time I don't have a clue how those connections will hold up. Guess we'll see, won't we?
I also bought one of those hoses.But got it with (Promise) on winning $$$$$ brought Publishers clearing house. After I got done yesterday working in beds-looked at myself dirt every place.And loved it
