Just ignore it Pdoc. It isn't going to undermine your health, prosperity, security or happiness like so many other undemocratic things.
LG - quite. Small club, fun activity and yet they let personality failures prevail. Not any more.
Water timers - In Belgium, I used to gather pots into old paddling pools and give them a good drink before we went on hols but eventually the paddling pools died and were not replaced as Possum grew and we had too many pots and baskets anyway. I then asked the neighbours' teenage daughter to water our pots and baskets while we were away on hols but she severely underestiated what the yneeded and I came home to crisp blueberries and hostas and so forth.
I then bought a timer - Hozelock I think - which runs on a battery and gathered all the pots at the back of the house and attached a sprinkler to the hosepipe. Tested it before leaving and it was perfect. Set it to go off every night at 2 am for 40 minutes and came home to happy, lush plants. When we got a greenhouse I attached a Y connector below the timer and ran a hose to the greenhouse for the toms and peppers. Brilliant.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Soaker hoses ... I only use them when we’re at home and then I set the kitchen timer for an hour or two hours ... a bit Stone Age but as we don’t usually go away for more than a weekend during the summer it works for us 😊
Likes ... Daniel’s decision ... not ours ... it’s not a democracy thank goodness ... if the majority held sway we’d all have to have four-legged friends in our gardens and while that’s fine for those who want them, I’m probably in the minority but I don’t ... I’m happy with ‘our’ hedgehogs, frogs and the occasional toad ... thank Dog this isn’t a democracy eh @punkdoc?! 😂
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OK, so the timer doesn't actually switch it off in your case, it's just a reminder for you to switch it off? Sorry for being so dense about this. Additional question (I know I should have started a separate thread but was too embarrassed) - any problems in very hard water areas?
Was just going to post a moan, but I'll take it over to Curmudgeon's where it belongs.
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I have just used the timer on the oven to let e know when a 30 minute sprinkle of my pots was done. I then had to go and turn off both the bleeping and the outside tap.
The water tap timer attaches to the tap and is designed to control the flow of water. You leave the tap on and the timer tells the device when the water should flow and when it should stop. Very simple. Honest. With my device, I could leave it On, Off or on timer and could set that to go off once or twice in 24 hours and for a set length of time. I'll try and find it and take a pic tomorrow but if not, just get thee to a decent garden centre or DIY store and have a look at timers.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Water timers have their own internal valve which gets switched off and on according to the time set. So you leave your manually operated tap permanently on and the timer controls when the water flows. They are designed to "fail to off" which means they need battery power to turn on so if you run out of battery they automatically switch off so you don't waste water.
Yes ... a reminder ... and if I don’t hear it I have to check it ... it’s clockwork (remember I said Stone Age 😆) so I also sort of keep an eye on the time.
Maybe I should get a battery/digital one ?🙄
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LG - quite. Small club, fun activity and yet they let personality failures prevail. Not any more.
Water timers - In Belgium, I used to gather pots into old paddling pools and give them a good drink before we went on hols but eventually the paddling pools died and were not replaced as Possum grew and we had too many pots and baskets anyway. I then asked the neighbours' teenage daughter to water our pots and baskets while we were away on hols but she severely underestiated what the yneeded and I came home to crisp blueberries and hostas and so forth.
I then bought a timer - Hozelock I think - which runs on a battery and gathered all the pots at the back of the house and attached a sprinkler to the hosepipe. Tested it before leaving and it was perfect. Set it to go off every night at 2 am for 40 minutes and came home to happy, lush plants. When we got a greenhouse I attached a Y connector below the timer and ran a hose to the greenhouse for the toms and peppers. Brilliant.
Likes ... Daniel’s decision ... not ours ... it’s not a democracy thank goodness ... if the majority held sway we’d all have to have four-legged friends in our gardens and while that’s fine for those who want them, I’m probably in the minority but I don’t ... I’m happy with ‘our’ hedgehogs, frogs and the occasional toad ... thank Dog this isn’t a democracy eh @punkdoc?! 😂
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Was just going to post a moan, but I'll take it over to Curmudgeon's where it belongs.
The water tap timer attaches to the tap and is designed to control the flow of water. You leave the tap on and the timer tells the device when the water should flow and when it should stop. Very simple. Honest. With my device, I could leave it On, Off or on timer and could set that to go off once or twice in 24 hours and for a set length of time. I'll try and find it and take a pic tomorrow but if not, just get thee to a decent garden centre or DIY store and have a look at timers.
Maybe I should get a battery/digital one ?🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.