Gardening or landscaping is a fun hobby for many people. It allows them to be outside growing and caring for plants that will provide beauty or even food in return. It can also be a great way to relieve stress and get some exercise.

To make this experience better it is important to have decent garden tools. This includes having a good garden hose, a functional form of garden hose storage and proper garden hose fittings.

Garden hose fittings generally refer to the washers and the connectors. The pieces that allow you to easily connect the hose to a spigot, a sprayer or to another hose. If the fittings go bad on your water hose it can create leaks and cause water to spray from these connecting points.

If you want something that will last longer use metal hose fittings like brass. Metal is much more durable and resistant to damage.

If your hose fittings look OK you may simply need to replace the washer within the fitting. This is an extremely easy task, but it can make the hose fit better on the faucet or on any sprinklers or sprayers you may be using.

Unfortunately this type of thing can make gardening less fun. But luckily this can usually be fixed pretty easily. Garden hose fittings are pretty simple devices that can be replaced. Sometimes simply replacing them can help solve these problems with leaks and sprays from the hose connectors.

Finding new or replacement fittings for your garden hose is easy. All you need to do is go to your local home improvement store, garden center or hardware store. They should have what you need. To make it easier you may even want to bring the old fittings with you so you know exactly what you need. You can even buy them online, from the comfort of your own home, and have them shipped to your door.

Don't let something that is so easy to replace become a regular frustration that distracts from your relaxing time working outside in your lawn or garden. Buying new fittings can be an easy way to remedy some of the problems and it is a lot less expensive than buying a new hose.