Tool time: Haws watering can
Photo courtesy of Ross Svebak
Ross Svebak, a lifestyle blogger from Minnesota, pays tribute to the Haws watering can in a recent post.
You know these watering cans, even if you don't know the maker. They have the long arm and the upside-down watering head.
He says he resisted buying one for years because he thought they were the stuff of snooty gardeners, but then received one as a gift.
He writes a bit of history about the Haws company, too, which began with John Haws application for a patent in 1885. Check it out.
Comments
Even filled to the top, my big Haws can is perfectly balanced and easily carried, with no sloshing and spilling - miraculous, really. RIP, Smith & Hawken.
Posted by: Donna Beth Joy Shapiro | August 15, 2009 9:23 AM
Hi I am the sales manager of Haws Watering cans In the UK.
We have an agent in the USA .I came across you newspaper after trying to find out whats happening to the Smith and Hawken brand name.
We sold quite a lot of product to S and H for years and it was quite a blow to see them going out of Business.
I have managed to break into Restoration Hardware with a couple of our cans,so hopefully our brand can continue to be purchased by gardeners in the USA.
If you need any more info about HAWS I would be onlt too glad to contributr to any articles in the future.
Regards Steve Riley Haws
Thank you, Steve, for letting us know where to get your beautiful cans!!!--Susan
Posted by: STEVE RILEY | March 7, 2010 4:55 PM