RE: HOSES
At 10:32 AM 6/5/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Susan, Bill, Kay and all other hose sufferers out there - hoses are
>absolutely my pet peeve, even higher on the P&M scale than the folks who
>feel free to pick whatever is blooming in my rockery as they amble up the
>sidewalk. Everytime I get out to the nursery with my 100 ft. hose, it gets
>kinked somewhere way back there and I have to keep walking back and forth to
>undo the kinks as I try to continue watering the stock (at least once daily
>in warm weather, twice daily in hot weather). I would pay highway robbery
>for a kink-proof hose. I have a very old (50ft.) hose I use in the front
>yard that never kinks, but I have no idea what brand it might be.
>
>Marilyn (who is also wishing she had her very own spigot out there in the
>nursery!)
>
I don't think you could spend some money any better than to have your water
line extended to the nursery. Get bids from at least three reputable
plumbers. I buy kink-free hoses from Fred Meyers and haven't had problems
with them, but they are heavy, and dragging 100 feet of that would be
beyond my capabilities. Margaret L
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