7 Grimy, Gross Things You Can Just Spray Down With a Hose -- Apartment Therapy's Chore-Free Summer

Welcome to Apartment Therapy's Chore-Free Summer. Every weekday until July 20, we're arming you with time-saving shortcuts and hacks that'll help you work smarter, not harder, when it comes to homekeeping this summer. Because cleaning doesn't have to be a chore. There are few summertime tools as versatile as the garden hose. It's a pool-filling, sprinkler-fueling, heat-quelling, thirst-quenching blessing of a thing. And it can actually handle a good bit of the housework, too.