Lawn Address Markers
This attractive lawn address marker is one of many options for adding a decorative touch to your lawn. It is available for $119.95 from AddressPlaques.net. You can choose from brass or pewter, and a variety of different color options.
Friday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Electric Tiller
A great tool for the gardener is this light-weight electric tiller that will keep your garden happy, healthy and free of weeds. At 11 pounds, you won’t feel like you’re using a powered tiller at all! Also keep in mind that electric tools are less noisy and are easier on the environment. Cost is $59.95.
Thursday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Gardening Lifestyle, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Leaf and Grass Caddy
Looking for a great tool that will make it easier for you to pick up garden and lawn waste? This all-purpose grass and leaf caddy is made of heady-duty waterproof polypropylene and comes with sturdy steel handles. Just set it on the ground and sweep in your yard debris. With just one scoop you can fill a 20 gallon trash bag or trash can.
Wednesday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Gardening Gifts for Women, Organic Gardening | Add Your Comments
High Quality Garden Products from Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Garden products has been selling great gardening tools, furniture, and accessories since 1914. They’ve got stuff for the professional as well as the home gardener. Check out their online catalog here.
Tuesday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Furniture, Garden Tools, Gardening Lifestyle, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Electric Chipper Shredder
With this handy electric chipper shredder, you can transform woody material such as tree trimmings into high quality mulch. You can also use this tool to make material to add to your compost pile. An added benefit is that you won’t have to worry about gasoline, spark plugs, or starting the engine with this chipper shredder, because it is electric. Simply plug it in and you’re good to go!
Monday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Biodegradable Kitchen Waste Bags
Food Cycler compost bags are a great item for those folks who collect kitchen scraps for their compost pile or compost bin. These bags stand up on their own, but you can use them to line other containers as well. They will hold up to moisture and slime until ready to chuck in with the compost. The bags themselves decompose, so there is no need to empty them out and wash them. There are 75 bags in a package, which should last you about a year. A package costs 29.95$, and is available from Clean Air Gardening.
Saturday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Organic Gardening, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Veggie Chopping Tool
A great tool for the gardener and chef is this salad chopper, which will allow you efficiently chop your home grown vegetables. And remember that the kitchen is a great source of composting material. Use your vegetable scraps and fruit peels in your compost instead of throwing them out. 
Friday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Gifts for Women, Gardening Lifestyle, Vegetables | 1 Comment
Gifts for the Gardener and Chef
Looking for a place where you can find great vegetable seeds and great recipes? The Cook’s Garden is the perfect site! This site caters to the gardener/chef and is a fun site to browse. Check out items for the kitchen as well as the garden at their website.
Friday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle, Hard to Find Seeds, Vegetables | Add Your Comments
Compost Turning Tool
Turning and aerating your compost bin or compost pile is essential in creating high quality compost. If you don’t have a compost tumbler, then this compost turning garden tool is a must. With the extended “wings,” you can really get deep into the compost pile, which means that you can easily mix the entire batch of compost with minimal effort. Check out the compost turning tool here.
Thursday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Gardening Gifts from Earthly Goods
Earthly Goods has a whole page devoted to high quality gardening gifts. They have lots of unusual seed collections that come in nifty paper bags. They also have this herb garden marker which will allow you to easily tag all your garden herbs. If you need help with gardening gift ideas, this is the place to shop!
Wednesday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Gardening Lifestyle, Hard to Find Seeds, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange is a great place to buy vegetable seeds. You?ll find just about anything here! From tomatoes to grains to Brussels sprouts, they have it all! You can even find heirloom and open-pollinated seeds! They also have a huge collection of great gardening articles. 
Monday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Greenhouse Gardening, Hard to Find Seeds, Organic Gardening, Serious Gardener, Vegetables | Add Your Comments
US Orchid Supplies
US Orchid Supply is a great place to check out for all your orchid growing needs. This is a store run by orchid experts, so you know that they sell high quality stuff. Check out these high quality growing pots for getting your orchids started.
Sunday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Greenhouse Gardening, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Martha’s Gourds
Martha?s Gourds sells a wonderful collection of handmade products for the home and garden. Martha also runs Bloom?s Nursery, which is a good source of gardening books, plants, and more! Check out their sites for lots of gardening gift ideas.
Saturday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Uncategorized | Add Your Comments
Better Quality Compost with a Compost Screen
If you’re looking to improve the quality of your compost by removing impurities to get compost with a consistent texture, this compost screen is a good investment. Screen out large chunks of material and fill your wheelbarrow with high quality compost or topsoil. This is a great tool that easily fits on most wheelbarrows. Available from Clean Air Gardening.
Friday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Organic Gardening, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Great Site for Perennial Seeds
Lazy S’S Farm Nursery is a great place to shop for those hard to find perennial seeds and lots of great plant seeds. There are some rare and unusual seeds in their collection, so it’s worth visiting their website.
Thursday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Hard to Find Seeds | Add Your Comments
Compost Guide
This compost guide is a best selling handbook that packs more tips into 32 pages than you can imagine. This is a small self-published book that is a must for anyone interested in making their own high quality compost. It’s available from the Compost Guide Store. 
Wednesday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Uncategorized | Add Your Comments
Haws Watering Can makes watering easier
This is the classic long-reach watering can for the gardener who wants the best. Made by the time-honored methods that have made Haws famous, the cans are produced from heavy gauge steel and have a galvanized zinc coating to resist rust - A further powder coat paint finish is applied to provide an attractive alternative to the natural galvanized version. Haws Watering Can available from Clean Air Gardening for $90.
Tuesday ~ March 03, 2006 by larsdh Posted in Garden Tools | Add Your Comments
Slug Trap
Slugs got you down? Try out this all natural slug trap! How does it work? Just fill the container with beer and wait! The slugs are naturally attracted to the beer, and will fall in the trap. The manufacturers claim that you can catch as many as 40 slugs in one night. Mmmmm….fried slugs ‘n’ beer. Sounds like a great snack combination for Super Bowl 2007!
Tuesday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Natural Pesticides and Fertilizers, Organic Gardening | Add Your Comments
Handy Garden Sieve
This garden sieve can help you clean your garden soil and compost to get rid of unwanted material. Passing your soil or compost through this sieve will improve soil texture and soil drainage. It is also easy to clean and will never rust. The cost is $39.95 and the sieve is available at Clean Air Gardening.
Monday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Gardening Lifestyle, Organic Gardening, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Bonsai Tools
Dallas Bonsai offers a huge selection of high quality tools for your bonsai plants. These attractive tools will last a lifetime and be a great help when working with your bonsait plants. You’ll find clippers, shears, wire cutters, etc. available in black and stainless steel. 
Sunday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
