Soaker hoses coming off your hose bibb aren’t much better, breaking down in a few summers and leaking endlessly. A better solution is to water via a real dripline at the root and put sprinklers ...

In this case, you need to pull the long stem out of the hose bibb; the washer will be at the very end. In the south and other warmer parts of the country, you'll probably have a short faucet.