Why do you think life is like a garden?
Can people share some ideas why you think our lives relate to a garden?
I personally think that we can relate to a garden in many different ways like how if you apply dedication to our lives then we will learn and prosper more from it.
It is not like that... I shall explain! Life is equated to a garden for if we do not tend our garden... our thinking prowess... the garden where thoughts grow... then all wild weeds would grow therein. This is like invoking thoughts of all nature all the time.
If we tend the garden of our mind... initially plowing it clean and sowing the seeds of our desire, then only plants from the planted seeds would grow therein. We start growing with a poised attitude... invoking positive thoughts all the time. If the garden is not mended from time to time... wild seeds take root and negative thoughts crop up every now and then.
If we desire invoking positive thoughts all the time... we need to tend the garden of our mind for thoughts of wisdom to take deeper roots. Those who have a purpose in life... tend the garden of their mind from very initial stages! Only then such people develop clarity of thought and a conviction of achieving their goal in this very life.
Most people do not carry a goal in life... they do not seem to care and leave the garden of their mind untended. This leads to their invoking all types of thoughts all the time. Sometimes happy... at times discontented... such people grow in life having mixed attitude. They are never successful life in absence of a fixed goal.
Those who desire developing a serene attitude in life... very carefully nurture the garden of their life. It is only then we find people of the stature of Bill Gates becoming successful in life. The success is not a day’s job. It takes toil of years before one becomes successful in life. All is based on the surmise, as we sow so shall we get... nothing less or more! More on Mind and Life - http://www.godrealized.org/mind_a_universal_phenomenon.html
Repairing your Garden Hose
With the old familiar variety of garden hoses as well as black Poly irrigation systems, there are two major problems that occur along the length of the hose or pipe, one is cracking and/or splitting of the hose/pipe and the second problem is the familiar kinking of the hose/pipe. So what can you do about it besides going out and buying a new hose or roll of poly' pipe? Well there is at least one repair method that should help with either problem. Without the cost and problems of putting expensive joiners into your watering system.
Split Hoses/Pipes
What do you do once your garden hose or irrigation pipe has developed a crack or split after your son has mowed over it or you've managed to drive over it once too often?
With either type of system, you could cut out the section of the damaged hose or pipe and put in a joiner, but sometimes this is impractical or impossible. Then why not look at repairing it instead of replacing it. Use the same method as you would for a kinked hose. Which is listed below.
Kinking Hoses/Pipes
Once a garden hose or irrigation pipe has jack-knifed back on itself at a particular spot, it will continue to do so for the life of the hose/pipe. This is because it has become weakened at that point. Again you have the option to cut out the weakened area and join the remaining parts of the hose. Or you will have to look at repairing the weakened area to stop it kinking in future, you can do this by bracing the weakened area/s by the following method . . .
What you will need to repair split/kinked hoses or irrigation pipes
An excess section of garden hose or irrigation pipe A Sharp knife or blade Container of hot water Measure and cut off a small section of hose/pipe, approximately three inches long, or as long as is needed to cover over the weakened or broken area. Cut this section down its length on one side only.
Soften the hose or pipe section in hot water. Open it up and wrap this like a bandage around the weakened section of hose/pipe.
This acts like a splint over the weak area, strengthening it so that at that point it will not kink or fountain out water anymore.
If you are repairing a split area of the hose you may have to look at sealing the hose with something like a silicon sealant. But you will find that simply putting the hose splint will greatly reduce and/or stop the leak.
The hose or pipe splint will not move off of the weakened or split area because it rehardens fairly quickly as it cools, this tightens its grip over the weak part of your hose/pipe.
Repeat this procedure for other areas that are split or are prone to kink of the garden hose or irrigation pipe that you are using.
So if that garden hose or irrigation system of yours is split in one or more places or is kinking all the time, and it is frustrating you no end, then do something other than throwing it out. Either repair it or at least keep the old hose or pipe to repair your future watering systems.
About the Author
The Bare Bones Gardener is a qualified Horticulturist and a qualified Disability Services Worker. He hates spending money on stuff which doesn’t live up to the promises given. So he looks for cheaper, easier, simpler or free ways of doing the same thing and then he passes these ideas on to others.
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