So you have spent your blood, sweat and tears on making your garden grow, and yet you do nothing to keep your garden hose from beating it up. I mean really, how many times have you pulled aggressively at the hose without concern for what damage it may inflict? I bet there are times that you intentionally did not look back at the path of the hose because you really did not want to know what was occurring.
Listen, we all know it is inconvenient to have to walk back and see what is holding the flow of the hose up, or what has mired it down. It is so much easier to keep your eyes focused straight ahead, and to flick the hose forward with brut force. Yet, we all know this is unwise. But what’s a gardener to do? Simple, make a garden protector. Do this by hammering rebar sticks into the ground, and then sliding copper tubing over it. This will hold the hose outside of the perimeter you have established and the tubing will spin as the hose passes it, so it moves how and when you want it to smoothly. For both safety reasons and visual appeal, add some caps to these posts.