Factual Situation #1:
We are very fortunate to have an underground irrigation system at our house. I set it up, and it just works. (For the most part this is true, at least.)
But.
It doesn’t work very well for my garden beds. Which are (ahem) rather extensive.
Which means . . . even though I have an underground irrigation system, I still drag hoses around to water my garden beds.
Factual Situation #2:
I like to spend money on plants. I willingly spend money on high-quality garden tools. I will splurge on the just-right wind chime.
But.
I don’t like to spend money on garden things that work perfectly well.
Things like . . . Hoses. Sprinklers. Hose winders.
Which means . . . I get grumpy whenever I need to water my garden beds and end up fighting with creaky old hose reels that fall over (for example). Or coiling hoses that do not uncoil. And kink, besides. And managing multiple hoses and multiple hose reels in a patched-together mess.
SO.
This year, I was determined to upgrade (what I call) The Hose Situation!
And last weekend, friends . . . Tom helped me do just that.
A quick trip to Lowe’s.
Assembly by Tom.
(Which did require transplanting a flowering shrub, but hey.)
Et . . . voilá!
I now have a beautiful and absolutely functional new 100′ hose . . . housed in a beautiful and absolutely (beyond my wildest dreams) hose “house” (that winds that hose up just like a bobbin). No more fighting. No more creaking. No more falling over. And a hose that reaches all of the beds I need to water in the back . . . with just one hose!
I am in garden-tender heaven, I tell ya!
(Now . . . maybe someday . . . perhaps I’ll replace my little sprinkler. Y’know . . . the one I’ve had since 1988?) (It still does the job. And it doesn’t make me swear when I use it. So probably not yet . . .)
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We tried to give our old hose and creaky, falling-over hose reel/winder away for free.
No takers.
PS – I’m off now for a few days. See you next Tuesday. I hope you enjoy a lovely weekend!
What fun, Kym! (and so cute!!) We got a new “stainless steel covered hose” this year (no cute house) but that new hose… well, it is awesome!
Hooray for having a hose situation that works! I think we’ve tried to give away old hoses and reels at every house we’ve lived in, but nobody ever wants them.
Isn’t it fascinating how we will put up with something that’s so readily fixed? We all do it and I do wonder why. Congrats on a great hose solution! We have an outside faucet on the front side of our house (by the kitchen door) that Dale had disconnected years ago and it’s always bothered me because it would be SO convenient to water everything out front if that worked. This year I finally got Dale to call his plumber friend and 90 minutes and $140 later and we have a working faucet. So simple and yet I procrastinated (and complained) about this for YEARS.
We have a hose reel mounted just above the spigot, which is also (stupidly) right above a window well… I like this new situation you have!! Maybe there’s a Memorial Day Sale somewhere. (haha!)
Have a great weekend, Kym!!
Now I need to go see if our foot is 100′ and if not–I need to get one.
I’m delighted for you, and yay for Tom assembling it. I can only imagine how much time you spend watering … and how much you’re going to enjoy this improvement all summer! Happy Long Weekend!
Hose wrangling is the worst. Congrats on breaking free!
Hip Hip Hooray for a better way to wrangle hoses. Sometimes it is hard to spend money to upgrade something that works – sort of. Your solution looks great.
Glad you were able with Tom’s help to overcome procastination and banish the watering “blues”. Have a fun weekend!
Oh, do I understand the hose frustration! We made an upgrade last year to a similar “hose house.” Just a bit of warning that it can get stuck sometimes, so I find the best way to keep it in good working order is to watch the hose as it’s wound on. But it’s such an improvement over the other kind!
Enjoy your long weekend!
Perfect solution! Enjoy the long weekend.
Ah, the gift we give ourselves when we stop fighting the nonsense! So glad you went for it!
Handsome hose reel!
Encouragement to fix the sliding closet door I’ve fought with for 37 years! 😉 Love your solution and it looks great!
When we have something that makes life easier and the chores more doable, we wonder why we waited so long, but that could be because it just became available in a style that REALLY worked! Here’s to easy summer watering!
Good job, Tom.