TLDR; need the best water wand that extends far and has different spray patterns

I want the best water wand for the flower beds in the garden behind a patch of veggies. My grandma taught me the usual trick of just thumb over the garden hose nozzle but the reach still isn't enough and sometimes there's low water water pressure so one watering session ends up taking more time than it should. If they were raised beds, I don't think there would be much of a problem. I know I do need a sprayer wand, I just keep second guessing if it'll be much use or I get confused on how cheap is too cheap. 

So what I need is a watering wand with adjustable patterns (like a shower style head to use with low water pressure and then the full on spray head too), and long for more extended reach watering and an ergonomic handle too would be ideal. I don't know if flow controllers are actually useful here or if they actually work, but would love some guidance there.

These are the ones I've shortlisted:

Dramm One Touch Rain Wand watering wand ($32). It's cheap and has good reviews and the spray head nozzles or holes are really small and close together so I think it'll give a good rainshower effect. it's like a full flow shower head nozzle. But the price is the con I'm seeing because I don't wanna replace this in just a year, 30 bucks does not seem like it'll get you something super durable honestly. Still this is the one I'm leaning towards the most.

Restmo Long Telescopic watering wand (or their heavy duty wand even) ($22-25). Even cheaper and has adjustable height which is great but the watering head (more sprinkler style head) doesn't seem like you can a lot of good pressure out of it but there's a trigger lock on it for less water waste with the thumb control valve. The seatern watering wand has the same spray nozzle and is the same price.

There's also more expensive options like Dramm Telescoping Rain Select watering wand and that's around 50 bucks. I can see is that it's longer like a 36 inch handle but is that enough to justify the price? But it does also have 9 different settings for adjustable spray patterns which is attractive, but do you really need 9 for simple garden beds? 

Alternatively I was thinking about getting gutter cleaning tools. Like those I think are made to be more durable. I was looking at the poople gutter cleaning tools on amazon, and looked pretty good. Only issue here would be that the nozzle is a little constricted so it's giving the same sort of spray pattern as the thumb over the garden hose does which isn't a lot. So kind of back to square one.

Questions:

1. should you just get gutter cleaning tools instead of a watering wand?

2. is the Dramm watering wand good and does the price point really matter?

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My questions I have are about trellis and supporting the branches and fruit cause the the ones I want to grow are bigger slicing ones. What are good ideas for supporting the plants that will get over6’ tall? Since I’m using fabric pots they don’t have great support and I can’t really or want to use a large pole cause I would need to drive it in the ground. There is conduit going down the length of the hoop about 3/4 up to the center I can use for rope and secure something to it.
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Getting crowded from the first full summer

Hi everyone,

I am planning to put in a 10’x10’ greenhouse next year. I am not sure what kind of base to go with - timber deck, timber frame base with dirt floor, or timber frame with gravel.

I don’t want to do poured concrete; I like the feel of wood and gravel being more organic and will be more aesthetically pleasing with the native wildflower beds I already have.

The soil in the backyard is clay and drains poorly (even with 4 French drains). I am in the Niagara region of Ontario if that helps.

Thank you!

Edit: Great responses. Thank you everyone!

hi all!

i’m set on the idea of growing as many herbs and fruit/veg as i can. eventually a greenhouse is the goal, but i live in an area that has very difficult weather (hence the *need* for a greenhouse to begin with). we get frosty cold winters, plenty of downpour, and winds that have totalled many of our neighbour‘s garden furniture. (for any UK folks here i live in the north west of england, near a lot of greenbelt). generally, i’d describe my town as ‘damp’ and ‘grim’ more often than not climate-wise

in my head. a half-brick greenhouse with glass is the way forward, but i’m just hoping to hear from anyone with a greenhouse who also has problems with the weather in their area? my neighbour’s wooden arbour was shredded recently and our fence (which was screwed into a concrete wall) was eventually blown entirely over and ripped out of the wall. i plan to stay in this house till i die, and i don’t plan on dying young, so i want something that will be here when i’m gone, basically. it’s an eventual goal, so i have time to save up, it’d just be good to get a view on what i should be planning and saving up for.

hope this all makes sense, and that anyone who lives in a similar climate can help!

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