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Date: 15 July 2009 08:31:25
We have just had new turf laid in the garden at work. Boy, does it make a difference to the place. Next on the agenda are plants and some new garden chairs.
The trouble with turf, of course, is that it needs lots of watering.
Hmm... not as easy as it sounds. We have a hose. But it's not a very long hose. We have an outside tap, but it's not a very conveniently placed outside tap... at least, not as far as the new turf is concerned.
One option is to put the end of the hose through the bathroom window and attach it, not very convincingly, to the tap in the bathroom sink - you know, those really useful taps which are designed not to accept people trying to fasten garden hoses to them? It was good timing that my colleague was being assessed on whether she dealt appropriately with spillages - she had a good excuse to use the mop. But alas, the "sprinkler effect" was only successful in the bathroom which got far wetter than the turf.
Plan B. While looking for a longer hose or a firmer attachment, we found two watering cans. Seizing an opportunity for some extra exercise, I volunteered for the rather time-consuming task of watering the turf by hand. We are talking three areas of lawn here, and each watering can only covering a single strip of turf. But I persevered, and though it was not the world's most interesting task, I was getting some exercise and doing some good.
As I neared the end of the the first lawn, another colleague arrived, bearing a much much longer hose and a proper lawn sprinkler. Hoorah! We fixed the hose to the outside tap and put the sprinkler in place on the lawn. Hmmm.... this was not going to work. The sprinkler turned so slowly, it being impossible to get any decent pressure through the long long hose when all the connections were leaky, that we were going to end up with a tiny quagmire in the middle of an arid lawn of dry, dead grass. Three of us stood for some time trying to get it to work.
It was only when we realised how cold and damp we were that the penny suddenly dropped. We were stood outside in the garden trying to water the grass...... during a downpour of rain!
(Wonder whether anyone's remembered to water it today!)