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  • Five Types of Garden Hoses (and Which You Should Choose)

    Five Types of Garden Hoses (and Which You Should Choose)

    You probably don’t give your hose a lot of thought until it starts leaking, at which point you are reminded how weirdly expensive hoses are, and how little you’ve previously thought about them. It’s easy to forget how useful a tool it is until you find yourself unable to water the garden, give the dog…


  • How to Keep an Outdoor Faucet or Spigot From Freezing

    How to Keep an Outdoor Faucet or Spigot From Freezing

    Even though you’re probably not using your outdoor faucet or spigot as much during the winter as you do during the summer (or at all), that doesn’t mean you can just forget about it for the whole season. That’s because if your outdoor faucet, pipes, and the water inside them freezes, it could result in…


  • How to Fix Your Leaky Garden Hose

    How to Fix Your Leaky Garden Hose

    As the weather gets warmer and you start dragging your lawn and garden equipment out of the garage or basement and into your yard, you may notice that not everything made it through the winter unscathed. For example, you might connect your trusty garden hose to the outdoor waterline only to find that it has…