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| Do you have any new gizmos for the garden? Or tools that you find essential or particularly helpful? How about garden purchases that have been just plain disappointing or a disaster? Say the trowel that fell apart the moment it touched the soil. Or did you find an especially nifty gadget that made gardening chores much easier? Maybe something that by its very presence made you smile?
I just found the pictured cutie on a recent trip to a local nursery. A little blue Bördy. He's happy looking and is supposed to be functional as well. A watering bird, simply give him water through his beak, and the water is supposed to come out the clay base. We'll see.;) I bought an unidentified salvia some months back, but the orphan is not too happy in high heat and goes limp well before anything nearby shows distress. He may need more time to grow enough roots. Hopefully, the extra water source makes a difference. If not, the plants will have a colorful companion. Melissa |
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| One tool that I have that I absolutely love is a child's rake. When I first started gardening, 12 years ago, I was frustrated because many of the tools were too large for me (I'm only 5 feet tall). A hand rake is too short. So I saw these tools in Home Depot and I bought the rake. It's the perfect length for me and the smaller head is great for raking around roses and spreading compost and mulch. I hope it never breaks because I've looked but can't find another one anywhere. |
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- Posted by flaurabunda 6a, Central IL (My Page) on Mon, Sep 17, 12 at 9:44
| My favorite tool is the ditch/trench digger. It has a super long handle & a narrow spade blade, so there's a lot less resistance at the dirt contact point. Makes digging holes a lot easier for me. It's also great for removing sod, and for cutting a neat line around a bed. |
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- Posted by cactus_joe 7b PNW (My Page) on Mon, Sep 17, 12 at 19:45
| A little triangular Japanese hoe called a Sankaku. Don't think I will ever garden without one. |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Tue, Sep 18, 12 at 2:03
| I use a Japanese tool called a nejiri gama to scrape out shallow weeds from my flower beds or make shallow furrows. If something has a large tap root I use a hori-hori, which is a garden knife. Between the two weeding is a lot easier than hand pulling. The link takes you to some pictures of the various Japanese hoes. Cactus joe's sankaku is pictured there too. |
Here is a link that might be useful: shovels and hoes
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