aww heck Phil you just need more hose!! I use 3 100 foot long hoses to water mine and I am actually in the city! My challenge is to see if I can walk faster than the water can get to the sprinkler! But each to his own. I like your little gnomes!
Paula

nice secret garden

would you consider buying another 125 feet of hose [buy one piece bulk at HD or lowes and two fittings].. and say $20 of copper fittings??? to have a spigot down there????

it would be extremely easy ... if you know someone who can sweat copper fittings!!!!!

if you will consider such ... i will go to the bother of explaining it all ... email me if you are interested ... if i dont pop back here ....

ken

Phil I always enjoy your pictures. I love your woodland setting garden. It's like your own private park.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

Janet

I have to hook up 150 feet of hose to water my lower hosta bed....I don't water it unless we get dry ( Huh? Dry? Iowa?? I must be crazy!)
I buy cheap hose because it's lighter weight to haul around.
Linda C

Poor excuse, Phil, but the setting is gorgeous.

I'm using 5 sections of 50' hose, all fitted with those handy shut-offs or splitters. so easy a girl could do it. They run in every direction from my 2 spigots.

What a beautiful space, Phil. And that lamppost makes me cry for the one in my yard that vandals just destroyed. I love secret gardens!!!

Phil....How many Hosta's do you have hidden away in that spot, it looks to me like you have plenty enough shade in that area or are my eyes decieving me, it looks beautiful as well as tranquil......lucky you! Sue

Katy,not all of my hostas are in that area,but most of them are. Some are back by the house. The problem is down there,it is almost TOO shady. I've moved many from in there to a new garden area,farther southeast of there,where more sun penetrates. We just had a light shower,and rain didn't even penetrate to the hostas under the trees. I have about 275 hostas in there,all along a winding path,down hill,and then uphill to the new area. That is the main reason,ya'll,that I won't buy an extra 100 ft. of hose. You people up nawth live on nice flat ground! Besides,even if I did drag hoses in there,it would wipe out all the plants along the path. And I'm getting too old for all that trouble. Hostas are supposed to be an easy to care for plant,right? I enjoy the natural look in the woods,so I don't have anything unnatural-looking in the garden. I like rocks,and logs,and anything organic and not artificial. Maybe those of you that live in the city don't understand? I'll be quiet now. Phil

Phil, that was a tease, I was hoping for more! It's a secret garden! cool! Mary

Last time I checked, water ran downhill. You could dig a small trench that leads water to your hosta beds. If you had grown up in the west you'd have thought of irrigation right away. Give it a try. It's fun.

Lainey

Lainey,it's so shady down there,that rain doesn't even penetrate to the ground,unless there's a real deluge of rain. It's just not practical to irrigate there,and I'm on a shared well with my neighbor. Ordinarily I get enough rainfall to not worry about it,but so far this summer it's not happening! Phil

the garden just for you Mary! This is just a few plants on the main path just down the steps. Phil
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Phil, I want to see more!!! It's a breathtaking setting. How big is your lot?

The lot is 1/2 acre,but mostly unusable,because it so steep. I only plant at the top,because of that reason. Also the lower part is too shady,and who knows what's down there? Sorry for the crummy pic. It was too dark when I took it. I'll take some better ones later. Phil