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I came across these on my facebook feed (from Old Moss Woman's Secret Garden) All words in quotes are from her page.

"Hose mats are very portable and stackable steps that can help us not to slip in the coming muddy times."


"Recycled pallet gate with some happy"



"Well it won't hold water but isn't that wonderful when you rinse your produce on the way in or sort things that you will never find in standing water again."


A wattle fence! These look a lot easier to weave than sticks...


"I have seen this same design used rooftop for passive solar hot water."


"What an ingenious way to display vintage brass nozzles."


"This is way better than the hammock they bought me that keeps flipping me onto the ground. This could also be curved at the bottom for playing device for the tots."


How to wind it, but I wonder if there's something more eco-friendly than zipties to fasten it together?


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"Not to be overlooked are the safety adaptations. the split hoses make excellent edges for sharp and unforgiving edges near play areas. Old hose has saved many a vet bill as well."

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Thanks for sharing " Old Moss Woman's Secret Garden".

I like the hose mats idea for wet areas ... wish I had wet areas.

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WOW - Thank you!    I sure am glad I didn't throw away a couple hoses last week when I got tired of the piles around here!    Love all those ideas and plan to do a couple :)
 
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I LOVE the gate!! Added that picture to my idea files :)
The "rag rug" out of hoses looks really interesting too, I may make one and see how it works for padding and traction. Rag rugs take forever to dry in my current climate if you let them get wet.

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Nicole Alderman wrote:I came across these on my facebook feed (from Old Moss Woman's Secret Garden) All words in quotes are from her page.



Great thread!.

"Hose mats are very portable and stackable steps that can help us not to slip in the coming muddy times."




If a "bumpier" mat is acceptable, perhaps a framework of hose 'spokes' could be woven so that portions of the spiraled hose mat would become a 'knob' on the underside of the mat, much as a wicker basket would be constructed, except without the sides. Knobs would keep the mats from being moved around in high-traffic or heavyweight, damp areas like paddocks.

Using a soft collapsable hose for the spokes would make the job easier. Heating the vinyl hose at the weave-point. with a hair-dryer to soften it during weaving.


The 'depressions' caused by the hose could be filled in with dirt or clay.

"How to wind it, but I wonder if there's something more eco-friendly than zipties to fasten it together?"




You might try using plastic produce bags, twisted into a string, half-hitch knots to keep it all tight using a basket-weaving technique to use plastic-bag string 'spokes' that weave the hose together.






 
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I use old hoses split down the side to cover the edges of cattle panels.  The cattle panels make my hoop houses,  and the hose keeps the plastic from tearing on the sharp edges of the cattle panels.

I also use spilt pieces of hose to cover my saw blades.

Neither use is beautiful,  but they work great.

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Oh, Wow!  Oh, Wow!  I'll never discard old hoses again!  And glad I still have a pile in the shed.

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I have a hose mat at the spigot we wash our feet and the dogs off at. Was easy to make with a hose I'd run over. It's outside year round and it's on it's 3rd winter. Still looks good.

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Trace Oswald wrote:I use old hoses split down the side to cover the edges of cattle panels.  The cattle panels make my hoop houses,  and the hose keeps the plastic from tearing on the sharp edges of the cattle panels.

I also use spilt pieces of hose to cover my saw blades.

Neither use is beautiful,  but they work great.



I was away from my "ranch" yesterday, running errands in town. When I returned, I found a small herd (about 8 cows) chowing down on almost everything in my yard: solar lights, and an old dried out and brittle hose that I was using to keep people from driving over my water line. Keep in mind that cow will eat (or at least taste) ANYTHING that they can get their large, greedy mouths on.

Keep in mind that if you are in open-range country (as I am), that the cows have all the rights: if they eat something on your property that causes a vet bill, YOU are liable for paying that bill! They do the same thing to any forage that may be on your property, even if the growth cycle of the plants will be killed by their unrestricted grazing habits.

If I have enough rights to post in the Cider House, I will continue with a somewhat political statement regarding the open-range grazing system that reigns supreme in the West.

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Good ideas!  Mostly I patch up hoses so much that by the time I give up on them they would be pretty useless for a lot of the more decorative ideas shown.  I do use short pieces for electric fence....they are insulative and can be fence-stapled to wooden posts and wire strung through.  With light drip "tape" hose I have used for tying up tomato plants and other such purposes, since even after it's useless and full of holes it's still strong and flexible and resistant to sunlight.
 
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Thanks for sharing! Really creative ideas. Definitely will try next time a hose is damaged.
 
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This is exactly what I need. I have a few hoses I keep feeling bad about and refuse to throw away because I won't just dump that plastic.

We got a new one today after rats chewed through the old one (rats are now dealt with) so we can process chickens this week and I'm staring at 150' of green hose thinking "not again....! I haven't gotten rid of the last one!".

Glad to see this thread. Another thing damaged hoses are good for - soaker hoses! Just patch up the big gaps with whatever (even just some duct tape), punch a bunch of deliberate holes in it and lay it down as an effective watering system!

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My neighbor threw away dead soaker hoses last year!
I have a gate to keep bunnies out of the garden that needed a butterfly on it.
Didn't come out as snazzy as some of the things in this thread, but it has a weird style, and used up every inch of the hose. Also has 2 coffee can lids, and 2 yogurt lids, all from the trash too.
When you stand at the sink, this is the view out the kitchen window!  
It was started last spring, then I got busy, and it just got finished, has been held on with colored pipe cleaners, looked pretty tacky :)
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That's so pretty!

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If the whole hose is pretty much done, these are good ideas. If we have damage in just one spot, we get the quality "brass replacement" fittings, and turn one long hose into two shorter hoses. You pay more/foot for a short hose generally, and yet sometimes a short hose is really useful if you don't want a tripping hazard or you want to set up a soaker hose for the summer with a short hose to connect to so the connection is in a convenient spot.

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These are all great ideas!
We have also found that a piece of cut hose will hold plastic onto pvc piping for small greenhouses (bed covers) over our 4x8 beds.

Similar to the plastic “clips” that are outrageously expensive.
 
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C Mouse wrote:Another thing damaged hoses are good for - soaker hoses! Just patch up the big gaps with whatever (even just some duct tape), punch a bunch of deliberate holes in it and lay it down as an effective watering system!


That's exactly what I do in my polytunnel. I laid in lengths of old hose with extra holes such that each zig zagged down a couple of bed areas. The ends of the hose were bent over and tied with string to seal it. I just leave it connected to my non mains supply and move the supply from bed to bed after a few hours.
This picture is from a few years ago - they have sort of buried themselves since then! Looks like I had just planted out my squash or courgette plants.
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soaker hose made from leaky hosepipe
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I cut out the good parts and use them for drip irrigation
 
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Sections of old hoses can be used to keep guy wires on newly planted trees from cutting into the bark, or to keep tree swing ropes from cutting into the limbs they are tied over:  just run the rope through the section of hose that is protecting the plant.

Ooh, just remembered something from years ago:  I had a 3/4 acre fish pond and, the first year I was there, I treated the algae in the spring with copper sulfate, not realizing that the decaying algae would de-oxygenate the water.  One morning, all the catfish were gasping at the surface, so I ran to the rental place, rented an air compressor, hooked up an old, leaky hose (to which I added lots more holes using a massive turkey fork), tied bricks onto it to hold it under the water, closed off the end, and made a quick pond-sized aerator.  The fish clustered around the line of bubbles like a choir lined up to sing!  Anyway, it saved my fish, and I learned not to let the algae get out of hand before trying to treat it.

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I use old hoses that are cracked as my permaculture drip lines. I cute a hole with tin snips and then I cut a cap from another old hose to go over the hole. I call it a 'snap cap'. It allows junk to come out if it's canal water and never clogs because the hole is big but the whole system is pressurized because of the caps over the holes.


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They can also be cut into small sections, and used as replacement handles, or handle covers, for buckets, hods, etc.

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Seeing all those creative things to do with old hoses I wished I had more of those (I only have one)!

"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)

 
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Great post! Love these ideas. I took mine and slit them on 1 side and used it to secure greenhouse plastic on my cattle guard fence. It works great and holds the edge in perfectly for the arched door with overlapping plastic.

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Amazing! Absolutely love the portable mats!

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I want to know where you get the photo.  Its all over Pinterest with no original source.  So where did it come from?
 
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Carms Schmitt wrote:I want to know where you get the photo.  Its all over Pinterest with no original source.  So where did it come from?


There are lots of photos in this thread, which one are you interested in?

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I have 50 foot hoses i was just going throw away. I am glad id not great ideas. I am going to attempt the hammock.
Thank you!
 
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Dan Hartle wrote:I have 50 foot hoses i was just going throw away. I am glad id not great ideas. I am going to attempt the hammock.
Thank you!


Dan: welcome to permies! When you make it, show it off, we'd LOVE to see!
If you end up with not enough hoses for a hammock, consider an Adirondack chair out of them. That sounds comfy to me.

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