Dearest Cobrahead® People, The new Cobrahead® "Mini" Weeder and Cultivator is the best new tool I've put in my gloved gardening hand in quite some time. I thought I loved the original Cobrahead® but I didn't know what true tool love was. The mini is the one for me. I got my Cobrahead® "Mini" Weeder and Cultivator a few weeks ago and when I put it in my hands, I knew it was the one for me. Of course, I confirmed my love by actually using it. Wow. I used it to dig out … [Read more...] about I’m in love with my Cobrahead® “Mini” Weeder and Cultivator
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Book Review: The Writer’s Garden
Cold weather is heading this way and the activity in the garden is starting to slow down a bit. And though I still need to plant a few bulbs, clean up most of the vegetable garden, cut back all the perennials, and hopefully harvest the compost from the compost bins before it freezes up, I've started into the winter garden book reading season. Well, yes, I do read garden books year round, but in the winter, I pick up the pace. And I need to pick up the pace because I've had a little … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Writer’s Garden
Troy-Bilt TB675 EC Straight Shaft Gas String Trimmer Review & Giveaway
Troy-Bilt TB675 EC Straight Shaft Gas Trimmer THE REVIEW: Our intrepid gardener and lawn keeper chose Sunday morning to head out to the garage to check out the new 4-cycle gas powered string trimmer and JumpStart engine starter sent to her by Troy-Bilt to use and review. She tore open the box and with the aid of one flat-head screwdriver and one Phillips-head screwdriver, put the handle and guard on and connected the two piece together in about 20 minutes. Voila. A string … [Read more...] about Troy-Bilt TB675 EC Straight Shaft Gas String Trimmer Review & Giveaway
Hoe Talk: Corona Oscillating Hoe
Welcome to Hoe Talk where we talk about hoes and other gardening tools. Here at Hoe Talk, we like to cultivate our interest in gardening hoes and dig deep into the world of shovels, trowels, and other gardening tools. Today, I'd like to address the whispers. Yes, I heard the whispers, the talk behind my back when people realized that my vast hoe collection did not include... An oscillating hoe. But no more whispers now. No more finger pointing. Thanks to the generous marketing people at … [Read more...] about Hoe Talk: Corona Oscillating Hoe
My New Hoe: The Rake n’ Hoe
Rake 'n Hoe from Kaizen Garden "You jest about what you suppose to be a triviality, in asking whether the hen came first from an egg or the egg from a hen, but the point should be regarded as one of importance, one worthy of discussion, and careful discussion at that." (Macrobius, Roman Philosopher) Which brings us to the question that my new hoe, the Rake 'n Hoe from Kaizen Garden poses for the gardener. Did the hoe come first and then they added the rake, or did the rake come first … [Read more...] about My New Hoe: The Rake n’ Hoe
Gardening: The Greatest Adventures You’ll Ever Have
At our last stop of the Seattle Fling, Dragonfly Farms Nursery, in Kingston, Washington "where abnormality is the normality", all of us were treated to an wonderful reception hosted by Proven Winners and and some gift bags with books provided by Timber Press. I picked up a bag that included My Garden, the City, and Me: Rooftop Adventures in the Wilds of London by Helen Babbs, illustrated by James Nunn (2011, Timber Press, $18.95). I decided that it was the perfect book to read on the … [Read more...] about Gardening: The Greatest Adventures You’ll Ever Have
