I apparently am really good at thinking of ideas at the last minute.  I am an avid gardener, and pay a small fortune for the flowers I plant.  They are all so beautiful, sitting on and around my deck.  With Calgary having such a short growing season of only 115 consecutive frost free days in the average year, I am only able to enjoy my flowers for a short time.  My other summer enjoyment, is getting away from the city.  The problem is that I have to rely on my neighbourhood kids to come and water my plants.  Needless to say, when I come home from vacation, there are always tragedies awaiting me in my backyard.  Last year alone, I lost 80% of my plants while I was on my 2 week summer vacation.  The real injustice came later that day when i realized that I still had to pay the inept teenager who looked after my yard and cat (Luckily, the cat fared better than the plants).  To alleviate this from ever happening to me again, I thought I would purchase a deck watering system from my favorite store, Lee Valley.  I thought I would have this thing up and running in a few hours.  This however was not the case.  Besides continually running out of parts (poor planning on my part), and having problems with my timer on my water lines, this project has become all consuming.   I am under the crunch because I am going away this weekend, and do not want to risk the loss of plant life with the teenagers looking after my yard.  I am hopeful that my next blog will not be on the death of plants.

Tags: deck, Lee Valley, plant, system, vacation, watering

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