Monthly Archives: February 2012
Fiskars PowerGear Bypass Lopper
Like many homeowners with large gardens, there’s always a garden task to be done. Not just planting and lawn trimming, but also pruning branches, hacking away at troublesome shrubs and lopping off woody vines. Yes my garden can get quite out of control at times. The upshot: I need a hardworking lopper that’s both lightweight […]
Pergolas for Your Climbing Plants
If you’re living in the northern hemisphere like me, you’ll be noticing the days getting longer. We’ve had an amazingly mild winter so far and although it’s only January, some days are cloudless and almost springlike. But I’m not letting it fool me – a blast from Siberia could come at any time. (Update: it’s […]
Keeping Hornets Out Of My Garden Tools
My husband thought I was mad. He saw me in the garden shed on Saturday afternoon carefully measuring our garden tools so that I could sew each of them a black drawstring bag. Every power tool was getting one. “It’s for the hornets.” I told him. He wondered away shaking his head, thinking I was […]
Clematis and Other Climbers
Climbing Plants for a Pergola Pergolas are perfect as a special feature in your garden. There are those who are quite happy to leave their beautiful new pergola just as it is to be viewed in all its glory. This is particularly true of some of the modern constructions which just look amazing. But for […]
How To Buy The Best Hand Pruner
I’ll admit it, I find it hard to walk out of a garden store without a new pruning tool of some kind. Over the years I’ve built up quite the collection: from small snappy hand pruners to powerful telescoping loppers. Here’s just a few of the ones that I use on a regular basis in […]
