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Summer tip: Now is the time to prevent a fused garden hose in the Autumn
A tale as old as time I’ve been there. It is late fall and there is a hard freeze about to hit. A wise gardener once warned leaving a hose connected to a spigot during a hard freeze could lead to disaster! As water freezes it expands and any water trapped in the nozzle or spigot could expand to...
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I have to have a hose on one of my faucets 365/year anyway bc of the horses.