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A Garden Tool to Save Your Back
02 weeks ago
Most gardeners have at one time or another had to move a large garden pot, weather it was to move it in the house for the winter or just re-arranging. Not only is it difficult because of its awkward size, but also the back breaking weight.
Well now you can carry those large heavy pots with ease with the Potlifter. This great new product can carry up to 200 lbs. with out killing your back or your pot in the process. And, the Potlifter is so useful for so many other uses including lifting landscaping rocks, small trees when planting, heavy bags of soil or concrete and so much more…Lifetime Warranty!
If you’d like to learn more and see the video of the Potlifter in action, please click on this link: Potlifter at Garden Tool Company.
Planning Your Garden…Tools
01 month ago
Planning this spring’s garden can be fun activity and it can be a bit overwhelming. Those garden supply and seed catalogs have been filling your mailbox and every year the gorgeous pictures in these catalogs give us an idea of what gardens and vegetables look like in the perfect world…you know, that world that has set designers, lighting consultants, make-up artists and I’m guessing someone whose job it is to shine the vegetables or airbrush a little more color on the flowers.
Well, that’s not my gardening world and I’m guessing it’s not yours. What’s in our gardening planning are all those tough jobs that go into making our gardens more beautiful or veggie gardens better producing.
You know what I’m talking about… what do I want to plant this year , does my soil need more amendments, what can I plant this year that requires less water, does this new planting area get enough sun, how will I deal with pests or disease, oh, and what about those weeds. These and hundreds of others are on our mind when we’re planning this year’s garden, but there is probably one thing you haven’t thought about…your garden tools.
I’m sure that at the end of the season last year you took inventory of your garden tools. While you were cleaning, sharpening and oiling your tools for their time off in the shed, you might have thought of a few tools that might make your gardening more enjoyable, but probably not. Well, now’s the time to start thinking about what garden tools you might need to replace or a new garden tool that will make your gardening easier.
Now I’m not saying that we all need every different garden tool out there, because we gardeners seem to find all kinds of uses for a single garden tool, but in your garden planning, is there a garden tool that will make your job easier, more enjoyable and less tiresome?
If you are buying new garden tools this year, purchase the best quality garden tools you can afford. It’s just counterproductive to buy cheap tools. You’ll be rewarded with a garden tool that not only lasts longer, but a tool that works harder and won’t end up in the landfill.
One last note and it’s a shameless one: If you’re looking for some of the finest garden tools made, you may just want to check out Garden Tool Company…quality garden tools and fast, neighborly service.
The Perfect Garden Hose
01 month ago
I absolutely hate it when I am out watering and suddenly the water pressure is gone. Inevitably it is the result of a kink in my hose that I have to go find and straighten out. Thank goodness we recently found the Tuff Guard hose that is designed to be virtually unkinkable. You can even tie it in a knot and the water still flows smoothly at full pressure. They call it the perfect garden hose and they aren’t lying.
We have bought so many hoses that claim to be better, only to find that they are just another problem hose that we spent more to buy. They kink, they crack, they crush, they are hard to roll up or the fitting goes bad, and there we are at the store again buying another one.
The Tuff Guard hose is extremely lightweight and easy to coil – even when full of water. We live in Northern Colorado where the temperature can drop into single digits or below and this hose stays flexible even on the cold days.
I also love the choice of colors. At Garden Tool Company we offer it in green, blue, red and pink and when you buy the pink hose, they make a donation to Breast Cancer. So if you are tired of buying hoses over and over, check out the Tuff Guard hose and see if you also find it to be the perfect garden hose.
Red Pig Garden Tools…Handmade, Hardworking and Made in the USA
01 month ago
When was the last time you had something in your hand that was truly handmade? Probably a long time, right? The days of products being made by a person and not a machine have gone by the wayside…well, not so!
There’s a small blacksmith shop in Boring, OR that still makes garden tools the old fashioned way…with fire, a heavy anvil, hammers and a lot of sweat.
Bob Denman, his wife Rita and an apprentice are all that make up the company Red Pig Garden Tools and they like it that way! Bob handcrafts each garden tool from raw steel the same way he’s been doing it for over 15 years…with fire and muscle.
Red Pig Garden Tool are now available at Garden Tool Company, so please click over to our website for a closer look at what real quality, handmade garden tools look like.
Click here to see more of these Red Pig Garden Tools.
Horticultural Healing
09 months ago
Every year Texas A&M University honors an outstanding Texas A&M University Horticulture Club member. This years winner of the Aggie Trowel is member Taylor Paine. Taylor’s unique interest in horticulture therapy is one that you may not have heard before, but is truly a honorable one.
Read more about Taylor and her persuit to help the mentally and physically disabled through horticulture by Clicking Here.
Garden Tool Giveaway – Spring 2011
211 months ago
by Blake Schreck
in Garden Tools
Win these tools from Garden Tool Co.
On May 1st, 2011, Garden Tool Company will be giving away some really cool garden tools to 5 lucky winners. That’s right, enter once and you’ll have 5 chances to win one of the five giveaway sets. When you enter our Spring 2011 Garden Tool Giveaway, you could win :
- Giveaway Set # 1 – Sneeboer Garden Tools worth $465.90
- Giveaway Set # 2 – Clarington Forge (Bulldog) Garden Tools worth $190.85
- Giveaway Set # 3 – DeWit Garden Tools worth $137.90
- Giveaway Set # 4 – Felco Garden Tools worth $73.90
- Giveaway Set #5 – Japanese Garden Tools worth $49.85
Don’t Delay – Enter Today! (sorry, that was cheesy, but I couldn’t resist)
New book coming out by Margaret Roach
11 year ago
A bit about the book in Margaret’s words:
from marthaville,
to just margaret
IN DECEMBER 2007, I made the life-altering decision to walk away from New York City and my job as Editorial Director of Martha Stewart, a career many would describe as highly successful. But I craved completely different rewards: solitude, a return to the personal creativity of writing, and a closer connection to nature and my first passion, the garden I’d been making on weekends for 20 years. I moved to a rural New York State town of 300, began AWayToGarden.com (called “the best garden blog” by the New York Times and named for my prize-winning 1989 book), and wrote the dropout memoir “And I Shall Have Some Peace There” (February 2011). Today, I lecture and teach about what I call “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” and help clients create websites on the WordPress platform.
Click on the link below to see the book video.
Garden Kneeler – Garden Tool and Unsung Hero
01 year ago
by Blake Schreck
in Garden Tools
At the end of a long day of gardening; what garden tool helped make it easier? You probably didn’t say – my garden kneeler. But if you’re like me, any amount of time spent on my knees will haunt me long after my gardening day is over.
We search out and buy the best garden tools for their long lasting quality and ability to make or gardening chores easier, yet we often overlook the one tool that can help us enjoy it longer – the Garden Kneeler.
Garden kneelers are as simple as a foam pad for kneeling and models that are a combination kneeler and seat. Garden kneelers come in many sizes and just about any color you can imagine. Try a garden kneeler, your knees will thank you and you’ll be able to enjoy your gardening longer.
Garden kneelers available at: Garden Tool Company.
