Tig had bought a 6 dollar plastic watering can from Home Depot a while back, and he complained that the water spray was coming down too hard on the seedlings. He had read about the Haws professional watering can - favored by bio-intensive farming icon John Jeavons - which has an upturned, brass oval rose that allows water to fall ever so gently like a light rainfall.

Naturally, I snickered when he told me this. Oh, and these watering cans are pretty pricy - a one gallon galvanized can costs between $90-130.

One day, we were at a garden center, buying some straw mulch and clover seeds. The guy at the counter finished ringing up our purchase and asked, “Anything else?”

Tig said, “Yeah, I was wondering if you have any Haws watering cans.” He wanted to show me what one looks like - and he was secretly hoping to buy a plastic one which is cheaper (a 1.5 gallon one costs closer to $30).

It turns out they had 2 galvanized watering cans left. They normally cost $90, but the store had them for 1/2 price on clearance. Tig snapped it up.

So here is a picture of our two watering cans, followed by a video clip. The left one is the Haws and the right one is our original plastic one.

Haws and other

Here’s a video clip of them both in action.


As you can see, the Haws produces a fine mist spray and covers four times the area. If someone had told me that we would get a professional watering can, I would’ve laughed myself silly.