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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    @Fire, I've tried using a hose on my rainbutts, it doesn't work, there's not enough pressure and the water doesn't come out.  What's your secret?
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    J, the water should come out, but slowly. The very end of the hose has to be lower than  the surface of the stored water. If you experiment, you'll see that the lower you have the spout the more water will come. Greatest will be when the spout is on the ground. The higher you raise it, the slower the flow, until it stops all together.

    The greater the height of the butt, the higher the water pressure. But I only have both mine raised on a normal butt stand. I use one to fill a watering can, for adding tom feed. The other I just leave at the base of new trees and bushes for a bit while I potter about doing other chores. They are a bit slow but get the job done.

    Of my six hoses, only two are ever attached to an actual tap.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504
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    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504
    Showing  thread to someone. Couldn't delete last post. Sorry :(
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504
    My post apocalyptic flower  bed 

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    I would like to post some new entries but unfortunately I can't get close enough to photograph them. There's too much crap in the way. 
  • Hampshire HogHampshire Hog Posts: 330
    I have nothing to put here my garden is perfect blush:
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    I say this tongue in cheek as I am perfect of course  o:)

    https://i.etsystatic.com/11172770/r/il/e0788a/1087170164/il_570xN.1087170164_rkl9.jpg

    We could all do with one of these
    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504
    The holy grail!
    I spend half my life looking for stuff , but if I was tidy, I'd spend half my life putting it away!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited May 2019
    Just been right through this thread, hilarious, I’m sure there must some new people to post now as the old ones would have tidied theirs up.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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