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New Life for Old Garden Tools

New Life for Old Garden Tools

Two cheap products with incredibly stupid names have just made yard work a lot easier, and I couldn’t be more delighted. See, my garden tools are good quality — every garden guru will tell you that’s important — but they’re geting old. (Aren’t we all?) And I have to confess that I’ve never cared for [...]

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Survival Kit in a Water Bottle

Survival Kit in a Water Bottle

This clever kit puts all the survival gear you need for camping trips or — more hazardous yet, dorm life! — into a space that’s only 8 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches. Better yet, that package is a shatter-resistant, leakproof, 32-ounce water bottle (with the lid on a loop so you don’t go losing it [...]

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Father Hugo's Yellow Rose

Father Hugo's Yellow Rose

The first rose to bloom in my garden is Rosa xanthina f. hugonis, syn. ‘Father Hugo’s Rose’ — the golden rose of China, as it’s sometimes called. I just call it Father Hugo — like a comforting old friend. Every year this yellow rose surprises me with how very many buds appear on its long [...]

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Garden Giveaway Winners

Garden Giveaway Winners

We have our Garden Giveaway contest winners! Email addresses of our 3 winners have been pulled from our usual Mexican basket-hat by He Who Hogs The Power Tools, and the lucky ones have been notified of their great fortune: Thanks to Comtech, a CatStop goes to JCF (who apparently has a very specific pesky stray [...]

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Garden Giveaway: 3 Great Products to Control Garden Pests

Garden Giveaway: 3 Great Products to Control Garden Pests

Ah, Springtime in the garden… from Wordworth’s dancing daffodils to Chaucer’s “grene and lusty May,” it’s all good — except for the harsh reality of garden pests. Slimey Slugs and Snails, oh my! Slugs and snails crawl into the garden at night, and leave their sticky slime all over whatever tiny bits of tender lettuce [...]

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