Garden Watering Equipments

Whether it is a small patch of lawn or an acre of a garden it’s a good idea to assemble a purposeful kit of watering essentials for the kind of gardening you do. The key is to be able to provide the right amount of equipments needed.

Start With The Basics: A Good Watering Can

A good-quality, large-capacity watering can will take care of all your watering needs. Make sure it holds at least 6 qt., but no more than 12 qt., or it will be too heavy to carry comfortably. Also, it should be made of either heavy-gauge, UV-resistant plastic or galvanized or enameled steel. Finally, it should be well balanced and have a removable rose (the perforated spout), so that you can use the can without the rose if need be.

Hose and Wand: A Dynamic Duo

For all gardens, although a watering can be essential, it is not the primary water-delivery system. Rather, that’s the role of the hose and watering wand, the everyday workhorse combo that makes keeping even a large garden watered a manageable task. A good-quality hose is a lifetime investment, or nearly so, so don’t skimp. It should be non-kinking, at least 5/8 in. in diameter, with brass fittings and a rubber washer so it doesn’t leak at the faucet end.

A watering wand consists of three basic parts: an on-off valve, an extension tube, and a breaker that converts a steady stream of water into a gentler pattern of droplets much like a watering can’s rose does. A good wand will either have a sturdy brass on-off valve or a locking plastic valve, as well as a removable breaker, so it can be cleaned of water-borne sediment, which will tend to clog the breaker over time.

Keep It Neat (Or Simply Let it Lie Around)

Some gardeners can’t bear seeing a hose snaking across the lawn, so a reel or hose bowl in which the hose can live when it’s not in use may be a perfect solution. For others the very idea of having to drag a hose in and out every day will seem absurd, the hose is just one more fixture of summer in the garden, happily and unselfconsciously hanging out with the watering can, spade, fork, trowel, hoe, and wheelbarrow.

Sources:

• www.gardeners.com
• www.plowheart.com