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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
How To Repair a Soaker Hose
I know this sounds like an odd topic because soaker hoses are suppose to have holes, right? The whole point of a soaker hose is to leak water. Well, there are moments when a large hole can develop in a soaker hose, and create something that looks more like Old Faithful in your garden.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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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