Thanks for the good thoughts, guys. They are NOT going to use Fiber-Fix to repair the spigot. I am quite sure there is nothing wrong with the spigot. They just turned it off to make my gardening life difficult. I am trying to find a good home for my Nelly Moser clematis, which is growing like gangbusters right now. I was really looking forward to placing my coir-lined wire basket on a 15" plant stand in the garden, it has a cute wire cat face. But now I see that this idiot manager will call the cat ears "pointy" and demand I get rid of it. He also told me I have to put all my mulch and stuff in my storage area (that I pay extra for), and anything I leave out, he will throw away. I guess I will keep a plastic garbage can in my storage area that will fit in my shopping cart. I will fill it up with water a couple times/week from the spigot in back of the building, then find some sort of hand-held pump to get that water onto my garden. I'm thinking Round-Up on the model apartment's lawn, that's for sure. In other news, I am ordering replacement hostas for my MIAs Gypsy Rose, First Mate, Rainforest Sunrise, and Country Mouse. I will get a Hyuga streaker for one of the 2 MIA First Mates, I will get another Rainforest Sunrise (they are soooo purty!), and First Frost (?) was suggested as a replacement variety for Gypsy Rose. Any other suggestions for a small hosta with distinctive markings? Thanks.

still getting apparent dups?

Tricky? Not really. Place one or two squares of nylon window screening in the bottom of the inverted top. I use such in regular pots without issue. For stability, rocks can be placed in the bottom section. Furthermore, if this is just to test the media, the weighted bottle could sit in a terra cotta pot or a shallow hole in the ground, or braced with bricks, or any number of other cheap, down and dirty solutions.

Missed the original post as I was away. I would 100% be excited to be invited to such an event. We are not big drinkers at all. Pretty much the only time we drink at all is on vacation. Even then, during the day I typically have mocktails. Usually a virgin strawberry daquiri when lying in the sun. Every once in a while an alcoholic mudslide because yum. Then we might have a cocktail in the evening, either before, with, or after dinner. But one drink is enough for us. I cannot think of a single time we had more than 1 drink in the evening. Looking forward to hearing how the parties go!