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summer garden losses come from watering that doesn’t match the rain. This gauge shows exactly what fell in your own beds. Kerry Pascoe, 69, spent forty years making scientific glassware in Melbourne. Now he blows the glass and forges the iron for every one of these himself, in the shed behind his house. His hands are slowing down and every piece now takes more out of him, so this batch of 96 will be his last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it does for your garden\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sub\"\u003eFour things change the morning after you put one in the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e💧\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eYou stop guessing whether to water\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003e“We got a good drop last night” is usually a lot less than it felt like. One glance in the morning tells you whether to drag the hose out or leave the garden alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🌱\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eYou save water when every litre counts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eUnder water restrictions you only water the beds that genuinely need it. The tube tells you whether last week’s rain was 2 mil or 20.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🏡\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eIt measures your backyard, not a grid kilometres away\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eThe number on your phone is a radar estimate spread over hundreds of properties. Everyone who gardens has watched a storm soak the next street and skip their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🌡️\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eYou see the heat where the plants are\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eThe dial reads the air out in the beds, not on the shaded verandah wall. When it’s already 30 degrees at ten, you know to water deep early tomorrow or get the shade cloth up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"q\"\u003e“A garden won’t tell you what it needs. It just quietly gets too much water or too little, and by the time you can see it, you’ve already lost something. All this does is take the guessing out of the morning.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a\"\u003e— Kerry Pascoe, Castlemaine, Victoria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMade by hand, from the glass to the dragonfly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sub\"\u003eKerry blows the glass, forges the iron and shapes the ornaments himself. The sealed thermometer dial is the one part he buys in — and he checks every one on his bench before it goes on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"made\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🔥\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eBlown at his own furnace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eGathered on the pipe and shaped by hand, then annealed overnight so the stress leaves the glass. Skipping that step is what makes cheap glass crack under stress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"made\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🔨\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eForged, not cast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eBar stock heated, bent and hammered, the stake drawn out to a point. The scroll under the songbird is curled by eye, not around a jig.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"made\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🌈\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eColour pulled from the fire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eThe dragonfly’s blues and greens are temper colours, not paint — the shades steel passes through as it heats. No two come out quite the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"made\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🔍\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eStill readable in ten years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eMoulded plastic yellows and clouds after a couple of Australian summers. Properly annealed glass does none of that; both scales are marked onto each tube by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat’s in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sub\"\u003eArrives ready to go in the ground. No tools, nothing to assemble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bx\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🧪\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eGlass tube\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eHand-blown, scale in mm and inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bx\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🌿\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eForged frame \u0026amp; stake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003ePushes straight into the soil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bx\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🌡️\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eDial thermometer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003e°C and °F, nothing to charge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bx\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🐦\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eSongbird \u0026amp; dragonfly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eHand-forged, coloured in the fire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sub\"\u003eWhere these have ended up so far.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tags\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003eGarden beds \u0026amp; borders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003eVegie patches \u0026amp; raised beds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003eKnowing when to water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003eWater-restriction summers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003eGifts for gardeners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003eRetirement \u0026amp; birthdays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003eWeather watchers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003eAnyone who likes handmade things\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"g\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🤝\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e30-Day No-Questions Guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut it in the ground and live with it for a month. If it isn’t right, send it back — full refund, return postage on us. And if the glass ever breaks within two years, we send a new tube free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTube\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-blown glass, annealed overnight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRainfall scale\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0–17 cm (170 mm) down one side, 0–7 in down the other, calibrated against a lab measuring cylinder and marked onto each tube by hand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrame \u0026amp; stake\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-forged iron, matte black finish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrnaments\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForged songbird; dragonfly coloured by tempering heat, not paint\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThermometer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSealed dial, bench-checked by Kerry. −30 to 50 °C and −20 to 120 °F, no batteries\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e70 cm high × 21 cm wide including stake\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWinter care\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn frost areas lift the tube out before the first hard frost (usually May); the frame stays out all year\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHandmade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlass wall, rim and dragonfly colour vary slightly from piece to piece\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShipping\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFree, insured and tracked across Australia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCastlemaine, Victoria — Kerry’s last batch of 96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Craft vendor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50983315505338,"sku":null,"price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/3250\/1946\/files\/hf_20261102_011431_0193d2ee-a56d-4ffd-841b-a2d06623526d.png?v=1794172428","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/kerrys-glass-rain-gauge","provider":"BACKR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}