Jess Thank you for the offer its very kind of you I do have a hose but the tap connector is a large one and when I go to turn off the tap it wont I think the washer has gone as I havent the strenth in my hands to turn it off so I end up flooding the kitchen my kitchen is in the front of the house I have thought of using the bathroom taps I will give it a try
One of the first things we did when bought this house was install outside taps. When my mother was getting old I found she was still lugging watering cans about so I installed hose pipes to her flower bit and veg bit. Soon after there was a hosepipe ban Does that apply to the elderly in the UK?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Busy - I think people can get around the hosepipe ban if you can say it is used for basic human need or personal care or business necessity. e.g.. if a café only dishes up home grown veg then they can be allowed to keep hosing water as it's part of their business requirement. If you were to claim that your mum, for dietary purposes or financial need or something like that, needed only her home grown stuff, you could make a case. I read once of someone who had a paddling pool in their garden and said it was because something was wrong with the bath - so they were allowed to fill the pool because it was ..um...related to personal care.
I've read of lots of ways in which people have got around the hosepipe bans - not out of malice, greed or taking advantage - but in situations where it was demonstrated there was a need...of a sort! For instance, someone couldn't afford to get broken taps fixed...they were allowed to use the hose indoors and outdoors.
Been looking at all the wonderful pics, not sure if it was on this thread, saw a pic of verduns garden. Can anyone tell me how to get plants to behave, how do you get them to stay the correct size and not take over? My stuff is a little dotty in the first year, okish in the second, but usually dug up in the third because it just dosent fit!
I have recently had to hack down a clematis armandii which had got so big that it blocked the light from the entire bed, im really hoping i havent killed it!
It takes time and control, Bekkie, which is why my garden gets messy at certain times of year. You have to snip off bits and divide and stake before it's too late. Easier said than done! I've missed the boat with some of my shrub pruning this year and my Tuscany rose that I never get round to is enormous with a lot of dead wood in it so it fell onto the lawn in a storm.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Jess Thank you for the offer its very kind of you I do have a hose but the tap connector is a large one and when I go to turn off the tap it wont I think the washer has gone as I havent the strenth in my hands to turn it off so I end up flooding the kitchen my kitchen is in the front of the house I have thought of using the bathroom taps I will give it a try
Wow! Great gardens, pots & individual flowers.
I'm waiting for my star in the garden to open, then I'll post a pic.
Ooh sound amazing Verdun!
please post when they come out.
Joyce- yes, my neighbour has the same problem with her kitchen flooding too! I though you may have an outside tap. Maybe it is a washer....
Jess
I have always wanted an outside tap
thanks for the advice
They are a godsend!
Spent years borrowing neighbours hose and lugging watering cans about, then got one installed and it changed everything
good luck.
One of the first things we did when bought this house was install outside taps. When my mother was getting old I found she was still lugging watering cans about so I installed hose pipes to her flower bit and veg bit. Soon after there was a hosepipe ban
Does that apply to the elderly in the UK?
Good question, Lizzie...don't know really. Wonder if it's on some obscure government home page somewhere...?
Busy - I think people can get around the hosepipe ban if you can say it is used for basic human need or personal care or business necessity. e.g.. if a café only dishes up home grown veg then they can be allowed to keep hosing water as it's part of their business requirement. If you were to claim that your mum, for dietary purposes or financial need or something like that, needed only her home grown stuff, you could make a case. I read once of someone who had a paddling pool in their garden and said it was because something was wrong with the bath - so they were allowed to fill the pool because it was ..um...related to personal care.
I've read of lots of ways in which people have got around the hosepipe bans - not out of malice, greed or taking advantage - but in situations where it was demonstrated there was a need...of a sort! For instance, someone couldn't afford to get broken taps fixed...they were allowed to use the hose indoors and outdoors.
I have recently had to hack down a clematis armandii which had got so big that it blocked the light from the entire bed, im really hoping i havent killed it!
Tips please
It takes time and control, Bekkie, which is why my garden gets messy at certain times of year. You have to snip off bits and divide and stake before it's too late. Easier said than done! I've missed the boat with some of my shrub pruning this year and my Tuscany rose that I never get round to is enormous with a lot of dead wood in it so it fell onto the lawn in a storm.