Take a Break with Some Garden Hose Fun

A good garden hose is a serious gardening tool, but once in a while, it’s nice to take a break and have some fun. Enjoy this collection of garden hose humor and fun things to do with your garden hose.

What Kind of Socks Does a Gardener Wear?

Garden hose, of course! If he’s feeling really fancy, he might opt for a coil garden hose in a bright color. For every day wear, he’s got a choice of 1/2 inch garden hose, 3/4 inch garden hose or even 1 inch water hose.

You might be a gardener if you can amuse yourself for more than an hour with a garden hose. In fact, we’d posit that you can’t possibly be a gardener if you can’t think of at least a dozen ways to amuse yourself with a garden hose. Here’s a list of fun things to do with your garden hose, either instead of or while watering your garden.

Investing in a new garden hose for your actual gardening tasks? Don’t throw your old hose out. Cap the end and poke a dozen or so holes in it with a nail. Lay out a curving trail on the lawn and turn on the water. Let the kids go nuts in the spray from your makeshift sprinkler. For even more fun, encourage them to play patch-the-hose with duct tape while the water is spraying, or stomp-the-spray.

Liven up your next pool party with a game of water limbo. Use a high quality garden hose fitted with a variable trigger spray and keep the stream in a tight, focused spray. It’s a great way to encourage people to get wet and have fun.

Got two garden hoses and a Y-attachment? Connect them both to the spigot, break out a couple of beach balls and mark out a finish line at the other end of the line. The object is to propel the beach ball from the start line to the finish line using nothing but the stream of water from a garden hose. You can add multiple variations to the rules. If you’ve only got one garden hose, use a timer to see who can keep the beach ball up in the air the longest, using just the spray from the garden hose.

If you’re going to be using that old garden hose to amuse the kids, you’ll need to replace it with a new hose. Check out the newest styles of garden hoses available, including polyurethane garden hoses, heated garden hose and the coil garden hose that’s ideal for small spaces.