Flower Press Guide
If you’re interesting in pressing flowers, you should consider checking out this interesting guide to pressing flowers for fun and for profit. This is a basic guide to pressing flowers and using them for greeting cards, journals, etc.
Monday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Books | Add Your Comments
Gorgeous Gourd Art
Gita’s Gourds has a wide selection of hand-painted gourd art including these hummingbird gourds. The site also has something for pond gardeners as well, with some beautiful koi-themed gourds. Gourd birdhouses are also available on her site.
Friday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Waterproof Hemp Fiber Boots
Earth Friendly Goods offers some interesting environmentally friendly products including lots of hemp clothing. Hemp is considered to be a fully sustainable and biodegradable fabric, so it’s the way to go if you’re looking for environmentally friendly clothing. They also have these excellent waterproof hemp boots, which look like they’d be great for working in the garden!
Friday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening | Add Your Comments
Water Sprinkler Guide
If you’re a fan of do-it-yourself projects, you should check out this excellent book that details how to build your own automatic sprinkler system. It contains detailed information on how to maximize the efficiency of your sprinkler system to help save you water. The book also includes a drip irrigation tutorial for those interested in installing drip irrigation systems. 
Friday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Books | Add Your Comments
Handmade Flower Greeting Cards
GardenCards.biz is a great place to look for beautiful gardening-themed greeting cards. If you want to say hello to a friend, wish someone happy birthday, or celebrate a wedding with style, these greeting cards are for you. The cards are all handmade and come in a number of designs. This store is a project of “Nancy the Gardener.”
Thursday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Containers and Plant Stands
Gardener’s Supply Company
is a great place to look for a huge variety of containers and plant stands. Container gardens are excellent for those gardeners who have limited space to grow plants. You can also make use of containers and plant stands indoors and in your greenhouse.
Wednesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle, Greenhouse Gardening, Houseplants | Add Your Comments
Unique Garden Statues
If you’re looking for some unusual garden statues, garden ornaments, bird baths, etc., you should definitely check out the collection at Statue.com. I even found this replica of a garden sculpture that I believe I have seen in person in Savannah, Georgia. The site says: “The Savannah Bird Girl was sculpted in 1936 by Sylvia Shaw Judson, for Bonaventure Cemetery.” I’m pretty sure I have seen this sculpture in person, or maybe it was on the cover of that book famous book about Savannah whose name I’m totally forgetting. Anyone know for sure? 
Wednesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Gardening T-Shirts
The Blossom Swap has a unique collection of gardening t-shirts and apparel to help show off your love of gardening. As a fan of compost, I especially liked this “got worms” t-shirt. This is a great way to promote the culture of composting, which is really the best thing you can do for your garden. You can also wear this t-shirt if you’re a fan of fried worms. Yum!
Wednesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Low Flow Shower Heads
Looking for a way to relax after a hard day of gardening? This low-flow shower head will help you save water, and also feels great! Oxygenics shower heads save water without sacrificing the pressure of standard shower heads, so you’ll save water while enjoying a relaxing high pressure shower. This showerhead would make a great gift for the serious gardener who likes to get dirty in garden, but likes to get clean afterwards!
Tuesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
The Telesco Weeder
The Telesco Weeder is similar to the Circlehoe in design, but you can use it while standing up. The makes for a painless weeding experience. However, if you want to get up close and do detail work in your garden, the Circlehoe is definitely the way to go. The Telesco Weeder is available from GardenScape Tools.
Monday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools, Gardening Gifts for Women | Add Your Comments
Circle Hoe Weeder
When I worked as a professional gardener, I decided to try out a variety of garden weeders to see which I liked best. After talking to some friends, I was told to try out a circle hoe, which works both as a weeder, and as a garden hoe. Since that time, the circlehoe has been one of my favorite tools for gardening. For weeding, it is ideal because it removes weeds while leaving the soil in place. It is also easy to work around your plants without disrupting them. The cirlcehoe does not drag the soil, so when you use it, you don’t have to worry about moving the soil back to where you’ve been working. 
Monday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools | 1 Comment
Gardening Pants
If you’ve had trouble finding comfortable pants for gardening, try out these “Slogger’s Gardening Pants.” These soft, all cotton pants have extra deep pockets for gardening tools, elastic cuffs to keep the dirt out, knee pockets for inserting cushions for your knees, and Velcro closers on the pockets. These pants are truly durable, comfortable, and practical! 
Friday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening | Add Your Comments
Garden Urns
Looking for some classic garden ornaments to give your garden a truly majestic feel? Try out these garden urns from New England Garden Ornaments. This unique urn is a reproduction of an urn found at the Italian Garden at Wilton House in Salisbury. It will put you back about $210.00.
Thursday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Great Gardening and Camping Shoes
The Edgewater Camp Shoe, produced by the MuckBoot Company, is a great shoe for wearing while getting dirty. It provides more support than your typical gardening shoe so you can use it for heavy duty work in the garden. The toe is reinforced to protect your precious digits! It’s waterproof and insulated as well! 
Wednesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Gifts for Women | Add Your Comments
Park Seed
Park Seed
is a great place to look for a huge variety of garden seeds. Seeds make great gardening gifts. You can put them in a greeting card and surprise your friend or loved one with a unique gift. They have bulbs as well.
Wednesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Hard to Find Seeds | Add Your Comments
Everyone Needs Garden Tape!
Garden tape may seem like a weird gardening gift, but it is one of those essential pieces of equipment in the garden. The thing is, you can’t use just any tape in the garden, you need something that stretches so that it doesn’t strangle your shrubs and trees as it grows, and that is resistant to extreme weather. Vinyl garden tape will do the trick. Golden Harvest Organics sells garden tape for $1.95 a roll, so stock up! 
Tuesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Uncategorized | Add Your Comments
Build a Bat House
Here’s a great gardening gift that you don’t have to buy, you can actually build it! Bat houses are a great gift that you can create yourself and give to a friend or neighbor. Bats are beneficial critters in the garden and they’ll help keep mosquitoes and other bugs out of your yard. Here’s where to look for info on how to build a bat house.
Monday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Organic Products for the Garden.
Park’s Seed is now offering a wide selection of organic products for the garden called Pharm Solutions. They’ve got products for roses, veggies, and all variety of garden plants. Keep Your Garden Healthy the Natural Way with Pharm Solutions!
Friday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Natural Pesticides and Fertilizers | Add Your Comments
Garden Furniture
My Family Harvest is a great place to look for teak and oak garden and patio furniture. They’ve got a great collection and some nice photos on their site. I really like their collection of teak patio tables. Their site also has tips on taking care of your teak furniture.
Friday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Furniture | Add Your Comments
Long-handled Garden Tool Set
Sorry for the bad pun, but this long-handled garden tool set will give you a little extra leverage with your gardening chores. I like the idea of buying tools in sets, and this English tool set looks like a great buy to me, with tools that you’ll actually use! This set includes a fork, shovel, and a garden hoe. The tools come from Sorby Hutton, which is a famous brand well known for quality tools. They come from the steel working town of Sheffield, England.
Thursday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Garden Tools | Add Your Comments
