What’s so great about a soaker hose?
Laying a soaker hose next to the base of your plants delivers water straight to the plant roots – right where you want it. No more moving hoses. No more standing there spraying plants and thinking about what else you could be doing. You save money. Soaker hoses use much less water and deliver water more efficiently than sprinklers or the “point and shoot” method. So you get a lower water bill in summer when water rates are the highest. You have healthier plants. Watering at the root level instead of from the top cuts down on moldy leaf diseases. Soaker hoses are a recycled product. Now you can water and be a do-gooder at the same time. The specs You can buy soaker hoses at hardware stores, nurseries, and the like, or if you’re really lucky you can find them cheap or free on Craigslist or at garage sales. They come in various lengths – 25 feet, 50 feet, 75 feet, 100 feet. You can buy adapters, gaskets, timers, and other gadgets to go along with them, so if you end up with one that has a
