A co-worker complains about having to water down milk to make ends meet.
It gave me the business skills I needed to get my designs known without having to water down my ideas".
Hydroponics is a technique for growing plants without ever having to water them -- a huge advantage in dry climates like Anguilla's.
"I got interested in penstemons about 15 years ago, when I got tired of having to water things," Mr. Nold said by telephone from Denver, where he works for the local phone company when he isn't growing penstemons.
He recalls the humiliation of having to water hanging baskets while his former schoolmates walked by, but also the joy of working in the nursery where he was 'blissfully happy, focused'.
First, the grass roof on our shed that has spluttered along for 14 years needed updating to keep us from having to water it and second, a water butt that I had sunk below ground when I built the garden, needed filling in to allay my fear of someone disappearing into it head first.
