Two outside taps here - one rear terrace and one in the garage - and hose pipes a-go-go. I have a new 50 metre hose hiding in long grass to get down to the potager where I have it connected up to another 30 m hose for getting round the veg beds and pots or I can connect it to one of 3 seep hoses for tomato, chillies, squashes and courgette beds.
The garage tap has Y connector so I can connect another 40m hose on a reel to get to the pots at the front or round to the rose garden at the far side of the house.
The rear tap has a 30m hose pipe on another reel for watering the pots on the terrace and the herb bed and anything else that needs watering after planting or before weeding.
I have used Hozelock for years but have no switched to Gardena because Hozelock quality has diminished over the years and is now crap. Gardenia is expensive here tho so I'm trying SM and GC generic brands for hoses, connectors and spray guns and so far so good.
We do have 6 water butts but they don't last long. Our water is metered so we're careful with it.
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)."
@NorthernJoe - does your hydrangea's label say it needs acid soil? As far as I know it's only blue flowered ones which need it, and they'll turn pink on alkaline soils.
My garden is on limestone and most of the soil is alkaline, but there's an area which is borderline acidic. You may well have some variation, especially under trees where rotting leaves may increase the acidity. Again, as far as I'm aware, the presence of nettles indicates high nitrogen content in your soil and isn't a sign of acidity.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
The PM claimed the other day that child poverty is decreasing. This is an indication either that he is woefully uninformed, or a liar.
I've been reading the report in Hansard about the parliamentary debate on Marcus Rashford's petition "End child food poverty - no child should be going hungry". The statistics are appalling; the UK is the 5th richest country in the world by GDP, but a quarter of the country's wealth is held by just 1% of the population. Between March 2020 and March 2021, the wealth of UK's billionnaires rose by 22% to £597 billion, while during the same period the number of food parcels supplied to adults by the Trussell Trust in Leicester (just as an example) rose by 303%.
This isn't just a pandemic problem, though more than 50% of people using food banks this year had never done so before. Figures show that child poverty, using the government's own method of measuring, also increased every year for the six years prior to Covid's arrival. 4.3 million children in UK now live in poverty, with 2.4 million thought to be at risk of malnutrition as a result. Of the 4.3 million children growing up in poverty, three quarters are living in a family where at least one parent is in work.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
We give ours pigs that Oink. Can't be doing with squeaks. Couldn't get pigs last Christmas so they have a bear and a hippo that sort of Oink instead except the bear has just died. Finally ripped in two. Stuffing coming out.
They usually ignore them except to bring them as presents to welcome us home when we've been out. They certainly don't fight over them.
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)."
Our dog helped herself to one of my daughter's soft toys. She would carry it around with her everywhere and even took it to bed. It was a koala bear if I remember rightly.
The PM claimed the other day that child poverty is decreasing. This is an indication either that he is woefully uninformed, or a liar.
I've been reading the report in Hansard about the parliamentary debate on Marcus Rashford's petition "End child food poverty - no child should be going hungry". The statistics are appalling; the UK is the 5th richest country in the world by GDP, but a quarter of the country's wealth is held by just 1% of the population.
But they're the only folk Bojo and his lot care about: They're tories.
@NorthernJoe, you can buy hose connections separately, if there's nothing wrong with the pipe itself no need to replace the whole thing. Take off the old fitting, cut back a little bit to ensure a good seal. Just be sure the hose and tap fittings are the same brand, though I agree that the quality of hoselock has gone down in recent years.
Our dog helped herself to one of my daughter's soft toys. She would carry it around with her everywhere and even took it to bed. It was a koala bear if I remember rightly.
Our friends' golden retriever did the same the first time they brought him round to see us. My wife had lots of cuddly toys sitting around and he picked up a cuddly toy version of himself. He didn't touch any others and always went for it as soon as he came in. He never damaged it, just carried it around all the time. If I was feeling mean I'd hide it before he arrived, but he wouldn't settle until he had it.
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The garage tap has Y connector so I can connect another 40m hose on a reel to get to the pots at the front or round to the rose garden at the far side of the house.
The rear tap has a 30m hose pipe on another reel for watering the pots on the terrace and the herb bed and anything else that needs watering after planting or before weeding.
I have used Hozelock for years but have no switched to Gardena because Hozelock quality has diminished over the years and is now crap. Gardenia is expensive here tho so I'm trying SM and GC generic brands for hoses, connectors and spray guns and so far so good.
We do have 6 water butts but they don't last long. Our water is metered so we're careful with it.
My garden is on limestone and most of the soil is alkaline, but there's an area which is borderline acidic. You may well have some variation, especially under trees where rotting leaves may increase the acidity. Again, as far as I'm aware, the presence of nettles indicates high nitrogen content in your soil and isn't a sign of acidity.
The PM claimed the other day that child poverty is decreasing. This is an indication either that he is woefully uninformed, or a liar.
I've been reading the report in Hansard about the parliamentary debate on Marcus Rashford's petition "End child food poverty - no child should be going hungry". The statistics are appalling; the UK is the 5th richest country in the world by GDP, but a quarter of the country's wealth is held by just 1% of the population. Between March 2020 and March 2021, the wealth of UK's billionnaires rose by 22% to £597 billion, while during the same period the number of food parcels supplied to adults by the Trussell Trust in Leicester (just as an example) rose by 303%.
This isn't just a pandemic problem, though more than 50% of people using food banks this year had never done so before. Figures show that child poverty, using the government's own method of measuring, also increased every year for the six years prior to Covid's arrival. 4.3 million children in UK now live in poverty, with 2.4 million thought to be at risk of malnutrition as a result. Of the 4.3 million children growing up in poverty, three quarters are living in a family where at least one parent is in work.
It is a disgrace and love him or hate him, the only time in recent history that there was a significant fall in child poverty, was under Tony Blair.
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They usually ignore them except to bring them as presents to welcome us home when we've been out. They certainly don't fight over them.
Our friends' golden retriever did the same the first time they brought him round to see us. My wife had lots of cuddly toys sitting around and he picked up a cuddly toy version of himself. He didn't touch any others and always went for it as soon as he came in. He never damaged it, just carried it around all the time. If I was feeling mean I'd hide it before he arrived, but he wouldn't settle until he had it.