"Piers Finlayson" wrote in message
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On 24/07/2009 01:59, in article ,
"Timothy Murphy" wrote:

I'm going away for a month,
and am wondering if there is a simple way
of watering window-boxes while I am away.
I have a number of 500ml empty sparkling water bottles.
I tried making a hole in the top of one,
but it is very difficult to control the amount of water
that comes out.

I'm wondering if one could use a piece of string
with one end in the bottle and one in the soil,
with osmosis slowly taking the water from the bottle?


I managed to keep a polytunnel alive for 2.5 weeks earlier this month
using
- 4 x 200l water butts, connected together as pairs
- 2 of these electronic timers
http://www.beddingplantsdirect.co.uk...ering-timer-p-

Went there but could not find a price for the timer!

Alan