Garden gadgets always remind me of fishermens’ lures which often seem to be designed to catch the angler rather than the fish. But whenever I see a list of the latest garden gadgets I have to take a look to see if there is anything new and of practical use. Today I have found a short list containing five products. Lawn aerator shoes, soil test kits and a push lawn mower have all been around for ever, but the Wearable Gardening Stool is one that I have not seen before. The one product that did sound rather geeky was the High Tech Plant Examining Glasses which allow you to detect whether your grass or greenery is struggling long before it can be seen with the naked eye. Read more..
One gadget that has been around for several years is the upside-down tomato planter or Topsy Turvy which is the name that Linden Staciokas uses to describe them. The idea was that diseases and insects don’t attack upside down crops as often as right side up crops, but there are some downsides to this technique as this article explains. Read more..
September brings falling leaves which have to be raked up, bagged and sent to the municipal compost piles. Rather than disposing of your leaves, why not convert them into a fine mulch to use around your plants? I found this tip for a novel way to use your weed wacker. Read more..
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