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Gardening

hedgehog

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5. How many people water their vegetable garden

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Tue May 8, 2012, 04:43 PM

May 2012

USING A GARDEN HOSE!

Another possible problem - products that spray on to your car or garden using an attachment from the garden hose. Make sure you're not using a cheap knock-off that will allow the pesticide or detergent or whatever to backflow into your or your neighbor's pipes!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backflow_prevention_device

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