I live in a flat with a roof garden I've been nurturing for 10 years. It's lovely up there, an oasis in the urban jungle ( cheesy eh?) I do love my garden, but here's the problem...
I used to do the watering (hosepipe ban notwithstanding) with a hose fed up from the bathroom (roof garden is directly above the bathroom) and it was simple... easy peasy... great.
Now I've gone and done a silly thing and had a new bathroom fitted and now my new taps are too large for any garden hosepipe tap adaptors I can find. I've tried getting the largest ones (up to 24mm dia) and using a scalpel to shave off a tiny bit to make it fit, but as the taps are swan neck ones http://www.bathstore.com/_application/bathstore/products/taps/quatra-taps/index.html like the ones at the top of the page here if I can get it to fit, the pressure of the water just forces it to slide off, splattering water everywhere.
I did try and use the kitchen tap but it's the same problem, too big for tap adaptors and if I do manage to squeeze it on, the water pressure forces it off.
Can anyone think of a good long term solution for watering. In the meantime I'm using buckets, but it's back breaking and at 34 weeks pg I'm getting increasingly fed up! I'm not sure a water butt would be right as I'm concerned about the weight. Is there another solution? Is there a company somewhere that makes hosepipe tap adaptors that fit on unusually large taps and would fit my taps?
Sorry this is so rambling and long, I'm desperate to find a more permanent solution!!!