Water Can

I was surfing Critterbay (don’t tell my boss, I was supposed to be working from home) when I came across this amazing deal. For only $9.95 I could get a super-sized Guinness Sunflower seed guaranteed to produce 20 pounds of seeds. The offer included free shipping. I ordered one seed, planted it once it arrived and placed it the greenhouse for good measure. Five days later it was already huge. It had grown twice my body length including my tail!

Here is my greenhouse

My sunflower at five days old was bigger than the tomato and squash plants started three weeks ago. (These other plants were Mom’s. I rented her some space in my greenhouse.)

This plant has quite a thirst. I can’t seem to satisfy it. This morning it took 20 trips with my coffee mug to water it. I had to drink five cups myself just to keep hydrated in this hot weather. There must be a better way.  So, I took a trip to the garden shop to see what my options were. I never realized the garden shop sales’munk are worst than used car sales’munks. I asked about a watering solution and they tried to sell me a garden trowel. It was a human size trowel. In fact just about everything in the shop was oddly human size.

What does a trowel have to do with watering plants? Although I must admit it would make a clever seed platter for a garden party.

 I went home and got my sunflower plant to explain my situation.

The sales’munk said what I really needed was a “squirt can.” I never heard of it. I gave it a try and discovered it took about 50 squirts to deliver an ounce of water. That seemed like a lot of work to me.

I made my dissatisfaction clear to the sales’munk

Undeterred, the sales’munk suggested a “supersized” watering can.

Well, this will certainly hold a lot of water, looks like about two gallons worth.

How exactly do I pour this?

I wonder how you get down … wait a moment … its tipping over … hold on tight!

It certainly makes for a great amusement park ride.

Seriously the nozzle on this water can is as big as my pot. However, at my plant’s current rate of growth, I will be needing this in another week. Not to mention, I will need to dig a hole in the garden to plant it in. I decided to buy everything. I manage to talk the sales’munk down 50% on the price.

I know what you’re thinking, Chippy has completely lost his marbles. Rest assured there is  a rationale explanation for my apparent madness. Sometimes you've got think beyond your own species. There is a human kid in my neighborhood who can’t participate in the “squirt can” water fights with the other kids because his parents can’t afford to buy him one. I'm going to let him borrow mine in exchange for him using the trowel to help me plant the sunflower in the garden and water it daily with the super-sized watering can. A win-win for everyone.