In September I was contacted by Bill Carney, who offered me a Pro Plugger to review. The ProPlugger is a long tube of steel that you drive into the ground with your foot. You can make several holes in succession and all the plugs are stored in the tube. Spacer rings can be used to [...]
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Organized Garden Shed
April 11, 2012 – Posted in: New House, New Gardens, Tools and EquipmentGarden Shed: Before To refresh your memory, a while back I asked for suggestions on how to organize the garden shed at my new home. I appreciated all your comments, especially the ones suggesting that I could start out inexpensively by buying a box of nails and hammering in hangers for all the tools, and [...]
Garden Tool Shed Organization Help Needed
March 11, 2012 – Posted in: Hardscaping and Projects, Tools and EquipmentDesperate Gardener Seeks Help Whipping Shed Into Shape When we moved here late last fall, we pretty much threw all the garden tools and equipment in the shed and turned our attention to arranging the inside of the house. Now that mud season is here and spring will soon arrive in earnest, I need to [...]
Fields and Lane Glove Giveaway
August 4, 2011 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentFields and Lane contacted me several months ago to introduce me to their new line of gardening gloves. Nadia Ceballos-McLeod, general manager of the glove division, sent me two different gloves, the Flex Gardener and the Forester. If you attended the recent garden blogger meet-up, Seattle Fling, then you received a pair of Flex Gardeners [...]
Seven Year Gold: 65 Bags of It!! And one to give away
July 21, 2011 – Posted in: Interviews, Tools and EquipmentBack in February, I got an astonishing email from John Stanton: Seven Year Gold is a 100% organic fertilizer made from horse manure which has composted for over seven years! Our composting process reaches temperatures over 130 degrees so all weed seeds and pathogens are eliminated, leaving gardeners with a pure, safe and very effective [...]
Dirt Couture Has What This Gardener Wants for Christmas
December 13, 2010 – Posted in: Tools and Equipment, WishlistWay back in October Cindy McNatt of Dirt Couture emailed me requesting a mention in my "holiday lineup." I had already seen some of their silver spoons fashioned into plant markers, which were a little pricey for me, but were unique, so I decided to take a look. There was a badge up at the [...]
A Visit to Garden Shoes Online
December 12, 2010 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentAs I mentioned on Tuesday, this past Friday I visited the Gearcor.com facility with bloggers Donalyn, Jenn, Nicki, and Teresa, who is an employee of Gearcor. Carol Yeager is the driving force behind Gearcor, which started out on her dining room table as Muck Boots Online, and has grown to encompass Rain Boots Online, Snow [...]
Muck Boots Daily Garden Shoe from GardenShoesOnline
December 7, 2010 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentA little over a year ago, I decided to check out GardenShoesOnline.com, because they had helped to sponsor the Chicago Spring Fling, a garden blogger meet-up. Their website was a bit different back then, but I noticed in the fine print that this company was located about twenty-five minutes away. Even better, they had a [...]
PlantCam Review and Giveaway
December 4, 2010 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentOkay, I'll admit it: the first time I came across the TimeLapse PlantCam, I thought it was a gimmick. But this past September, when I attended the Garden Writers Association annual symposium, a thought struck me as I passed the PlantCam booth at the trade show. I asked the woman at the booth: "Could you [...]
Troy-Bilt Pony Lawn Tractor Review
November 9, 2010 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentThis year my family tried out the Troy-Bilt Pony Riding Lawn Tractor. Before I tell you what we thought of it, I thought I should explain what we've been used to cutting the grass with, so you know where we're coming from. Since 2002 we've been mowing our lawn and fields with a 15hp DR [...]
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