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Terra Composter: First Look

September 7, 2009

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 I [...]

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Troy-Bilt Lithium Battery String Trimmer: A Review

September 1, 2009

Early 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 [...]

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Ethel Garden Gloves: Review and Giveaway

June 29, 2009

I 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 [...]

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Two Troy-Bilt Tillers

June 30, 2008

We 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 working [...]

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