35 Awesome Garden Tools For Under $20
A few days ago I ran a post on some tips for finding inexpensive garden tools. I thought it would be a good idea to post about some awesome garden tools that are under twenty dollars. Surprisingly, if you look hard enough, you can find a good number of garden tools that won’t break your savings account.
If you are starting your first garden this year, it is a good idea to get just the basic tools you need to perform gardening tasks. There is no need to purchase a shed full of tools, and spend a fortune when starting out. I always say – buy the basics that you need to get started. Build your tool inventory as your garden expands, your confidence grows, and your experience deepens.
If you have been growing a vegetable garden for years, it might be time to replace some of those tools that have just about had it. Here are 35 tools you can purchase for under 20 bucks. Continue »
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10 Tips For Finding Inexpensive Garden Tools & Supplies
Home gardeners spent a total of $2.5 billion on their gardens in 2008. Quite a bit of this total was for purchasing gardening tools, equipment, and supplies. The cost of purchasing garden tools can add up quickly, especially if you are starting your first garden. Some basic hand tools are a necessity in order to efficiently handle many gardening tasks, and even these can put a nice dent in a credit card if purchased all at once.
Remember: Inexpensive garden tools are quite different than “cheap” garden tools. You want to keep quality in mind when acquiring your tools. As the saying goes, “You get what you pay for”. It is much better to pay a few bucks more for a quality tool, then it is to have to keep re-purchasing tools of lesser quality.
If you are looking for some frugal ways to add to your garden tool inventory, here are ten tips for finding inexpensive garden tools: Continue »
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Planning Your Vegetable Garden – What Is A Garden Plan?
Today starts a new series here at Veggie Gardener – Planning Your Vegetable Garden. This series will run over the next few days, and covers quite a bit of garden planning topics. Today’s installment will be on my definition of a garden plan, and the importance of creating one. The installments for the rest of the week will pertain to gathering the information you need to create a dynamic garden plan, and putting all that information together in order to have a fun and productive gardening season. Continue »
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Great New Gardening Gadgets
The wonderful thing about living in the era we do is the technological advancements such as the internet, cell phones, microwaves, and on and on. Vegetable gardening is no different. Science and technology advancements have turned many gardening processes from being back-breaking work to simple tasks that take minutes instead of hours or days. Not to mention giving us gardeners the knowledge and tools to grow ever better vegetables. Continue »
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Smith & Hawken Shutting Doors After 30 Years
Smith & Hawken, an upscale garden-supply chain, is closing and has begun a liquidation sale, company officials said today.
The owner of the 56-store chain, Ohio-based lawn and garden giant Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., had sought for a year to find a buyer, said Jim Hagedorn, the company chairman and chief executive officer. “While this is a sad outcome,” he said, “the combination of a weak economy and the lack of scale proved too great to overcome.”
Liquidation will be administered by Boston-headquartered Gordon Brothers Group, the company that liquidated Joe’s, the West Coast sporting goods chain. Continue »
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Getting To Know Fertilizer Sprayers & Dusters
Fertilizing your vegetable garden is very important to its growth and health. There are some tools that make fertilizing easier – sprayers and dusters. Fertilizer sprayers come in many different varieties, but have one common goal; to properly distribute fertilizers and other liquid mixtures. Sprayers can also be used to apply liquid pesticides and fungicides. A few days ago we discussed organic pesticides, so here are some common sprayers and dusters that you can use to apply those organic fertilizers. Continue »
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How To Repair A Hole In A Soaker Hose
I know this sounds like an odd topic because soaker hoses
This happened to me recently as I peered out into the garden one day and saw water shooting up about 3 feet in the air. The bad thing about the situation was that I had just finished laying down the soaker hoses just a couple days prior. I guess that is what I get for buying the cheaper hoses. Continue »
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Building a Garden Tools Shed – This Old House
While browsing around on the net, I came across a how to article at ThisOldHouse.com on how to build your own garden tools shed. The article was written with very clear instructions, and superb pictured details. The how to gives you complete shopping and tool lists, an average time it should take to build it, and a very good estimate of what it will costs for all the materials. The pricing on materials may be different, depending on your location. The how to also gives the project a moderate difficulty level. Everything is easily printable with the click of a button. Continue »
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10 Very Useful Gardening Tools
- The Pot Lifter – If you are a container gardener you will fall in love with The Pot Lifter. The Pot Lifter is a very handy tool for transporting large and heavy pots or containers.This tool is priceless for saving your back, and reducing the chances of dropping and damaging your container of precious herbs, vegetables, or flowers. The Pot Lifter can also be used to move heavy bags of mulch, cement, landscaping stones, or just about anything that is heavy and bulky. You can learn more about The Pot Lifter at www.potlifter.com.
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Practice Safe Gardening
As the temperatures begin to warm up some, and it gets closer to gardening time; it is a good time to talk a bit about gardening safety. Although gardening is a wonderful hobby and past-time, it can also be very dangerous if safety precautions are not taken. Gardening accidents have sent hundreds of people to the emergency room or worse.
Gardeners sometimes use very sharp tools which can lead to very deep lacerations or even amputating a digit. Power tools such as rototillers or trimmers can be very dangerous if not careful, and can even be deadly. Continue »
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