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In past years I've always had a large box of plants above the front
porch that I water using a 3m pipe connected to a hose. As we have a
hose pipe ban this year that won't be possible. Any suggestions on a
legal way to water the flower box, don't really fancy getting a ladder
out twice a day, and the location's not accessible from a window.


How about using a water pump to suck up water from a conveniently located
butt or bucket or pond along a piece of hose and up the pipe? I assume the
hosepipe ban refers to hosepipes attached to the main water supply and not
to buckets, ponds etc?

I was thinking along these lines, but there didn't seem to be anything
suitable available at the garden centre.

You can buy a submersible water butt pump online for £40 from
http://www.garden4less.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=WBP1 - complete with
hose, timer or drip system fittings.

Stupid as the law is, you can, under a hosepipe ban, legitimately fill
your water butt from the mains using one hosepipe and you can water the
garden from your pressurised water butt using another hose. Don't ask.