Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … old garden hose?

By: ray smith

ray smith — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:41:57 +0000

A short length of plastic hose, about four inchs, hold the end and firmly stroke across a rotating sanding disc or belt and it will clean off a lot of fouling.
MIND your fingers and eyes.

By: Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:22:42 +0000

Cut a length and use it to cover teeth of saw or other sharp garden implements, cut it along the length carefully and slide it along the cutting edge.

By: Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:11:11 +0000

Use some old rope threaded thru a few off cuts and tie rope ends together, makes great dog toy/pull

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:31:47 +0000

You can use different lengths to protect trees that need to be tied and staked. Rope, wire, etc. cuts into the trunks, but if you thread them through a piece of the hose the damage is minimized.
Also if you have kitchen utensils,or hand tools that have metal handles, you can use small pieces of hose over the handles to keep hands from blistering.

By: old_guy

old_guy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:34:44 +0000

Why bother killing earwigs?
What damage do they do?

By: claire

claire — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:13:21 +0000

i’m from texas-what is an earwig? You can slip sections of hose over the chains on children’s swings-keeps their little fingers from getting pinched.

By: Vicky Carlson

Vicky Carlson — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:16:50 +0000

You could cut them up and use them for sturdy handles for homemade baskets or paper mache’

By: renee

renee — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:26:34 +0000

we’re in sever water restrictions here in Brisbane so our hoses where just getting old and stiff. I’d seen some wicker work garden edging done and decided to make my own with the hose and a few stakes. It works and looks great. A friend of mine wove hers into a heave duty laundry basket.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:34:33 +0000

If you have an earwig problem in your area you can use old garden hose to trap them. Cut the hose into pieces about 4 inches and then place in cool shaded places in your garden (or along the edges of your house). The earwigs love the cool, dark, narrow space provided by the hose and all you have to do to kill them is to pick up the hose and submerge it in a bucket of water.

By: Blambo

Blambo — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:50:19 +0000

You can use it like rope to tie things, swing from things, etc.

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:22:06 +0000

If it is beyonhd repair you could puncture it with small holes along its length , block the end and attach to a water butt ( or tap) to allow for trickle wateroing your garden.

By: dancing girl

dancing girl — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:39:47 +0000

Yes, great idea Jill, I have used this idea and it does work. We used a good quality brass fitting for extra durability. I have found the plastic types are not quite as tough when you are regularly rolling the hose up. You can custom make the length of your hose to the exact size of your yard.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:53:53 +0000

We had the same problem early this summer. Our hose sprung a leak but my husband was able to fix it easily and cheaply.
He bought a hose-pipe connector at Wilkinsons for less than £1, cut out the few inches of pipe where it was split, and then rejoined the two pieces of hose using the connector. It has worked perfectly well ever since.
Jill