Recently I was sent the Terra Composter, a composting container made by Algreen, a Canadian company. I was particularly interested in checking out their claim that the composter is "designed to withstand a Canadian winter without cracking," because they guarantee it for twenty years. I took a lot of pictures with my daughter's camera as [...]
Tools and Equipment
Troy-Bilt Lithium Battery String Trimmer: A Review
September 1, 2009 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentEarly this past spring, Troy-Bilt sent me a Troy-Bilt 20-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Electric String Trimmer (model TB57) to review. You should know that in the past, two of my grown sons have been employed maintaining the grounds of the local mental health facility. As a result of this employment, they have used a lot of [...]
Ethel Garden Gloves: Review and Giveaway
June 29, 2009 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentI used to think garden gloves were for other people, not me. Oh, sure, I'd put a pair on to deal with brambles, nettles, and wild parsnip, but, on the whole, gloves kept me from feeling the moist earth and from grasping small weeds near precious seedlings. Most gloves didn't fit me well enough to [...]
Pruning with a Reciprocating Saw
May 12, 2009 – Posted in: Garden chores, Tools and EquipmentCarol's done it. Mary Ann, the Idaho Gardener's done it. So has Mr. McGregor's Daughter and Cindy from My Corner of Katy and M Sinclair Stevens from Zanthan Gardens. They've all used a reciprocating saw to prune woody plants. Not only have they pruned with a recip saw, they raved about how easy it made [...]
Recommend a Shovel
April 16, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, Tools and EquipmentWhat's your favorite shovel? One broken, one threatening to. Digging shovel, not spade, recommendations wanted.
Two Troy-Bilt Tillers
June 30, 2008 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentWe grew vegetables for years without a tiller I am not the vegetable gardener in this family. My husband, on the other hand, has been growing vegetables since he was a teen. When we finally moved here, a decade into our marriage, he brought along the front tine rototiller he had purchased as a single [...]
The Rubbermaid watering can: discontinued but not forgotten
June 21, 2008 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentRecently someone asked me to recommend a watering can. We have been using this Rubbermaid watering can for over a decade. What I like about it: Holds 2 gallons (7.5 liters). Less trips to the rain barrel but not so heavy when full as to be unmanageable It's easy to fill, not just from a [...]
Seven Gardening Gifts No One Will Give Me
May 9, 2008 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentMother's Day is fast approaching, and many retailers who normally don't feature gardening products have potted flowering plants and other quasi-gardening gifts prominently displayed. I thought I'd take the opposite tack and share with you my favorite non-gardening garden "thingies." Most of them don't qualify as tools. Some of them, quite frankly, would look like [...]
Purdyville tools attend May Dreams Gardens hoedown
May 2, 2008 – Posted in: Tools and Equipment"We considered dressing up for the hoedown, but we're pretty casual folks, and felt more comfortable in our regular duds. The rock rake is a little unusual, but the rest of us are pretty average. Well, Ms. Ho-Mi is not your average hoe, I suppose. We've all been here at Purdyville long enough that we're [...]
Getting Past the Hype: Is the Enki Watering System worth the money?
February 24, 2008 – Posted in: Miscellaneous, Tools and EquipmentI like to try out new gardening gadgets and techniques as soon as they come out, but despite my best efforts I’m frequently blindsided by something new that I haven’t researched. Such is the case with your intrepid blogger, Kathy, who caught me without a quick answer to her question about Enki, that electric watering-can [...]
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