You can also get rather beautiful glass self watering globesDo you have an outside tap?
People in the Netherlands who find hand watering to much trouble often use ‘punched’ or soaker hoses for effective watering.
You can dril small holes in a hose or buy so called soaker hoses for slow drip irrigation.
Thanks, yes, I use those too, but not across the driveway where the car can squash it and where it's unsightly. Running one under the driveway would have to wait until some unknown date in the future when I or someone else decides to dig up the driveway and lay a piece of hose under it. I'm not up for daily hand-watering - I'm trying to reduce labour at this time of life. Maybe wicking is the best option. Maybe not having the beds at all is the best option. I'm sure the eye will be drawn by veranda furniture once the project is finished.Do you have an outside tap?
People in the Netherlands who find hand watering to much trouble often use ‘punched’ or soaker hoses for effective watering.
You can dril small holes in a hose or buy so called soaker hoses for slow drip irrigation.
You can but we're talking about a 4 metre long knee-high box. That's a lot of plant drinking bottles. In the Australian summer that's a daily chore when I'd rather be cooling off.
Yes, and maybe I can add a few ideas too.
instead of lush flowering plants 
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from the house to the flower beds.
