Ready to Water

We're purchasing a new hose. Last year we capitulated and opted for a hose that could be "hidden away from unsightly clutter" in a gray plastic "easy to roll-up" hose storage container.

Whoever wrote the verbiage on the cardboard packaging never attempted to rewind the flat hose. Because the unit was free standing the only way to get enough leverage was to stand on some part of the unit with one foot and then —exert enormous pressure with one hand on the unit to keep it from toppling over while at the same time straining to turn the crank and stuff the hose inside the unit.

There's a time to admit that you've lost the battle to hide your hose. We will now go and purchase a fifty foot hose and give up on hiding it —forget about looks and let it splay out across the grass, hopefully in a fairly neat stack of loops.