Re: Fw: Garden Tools & Gadgets

**y*@sfo.com**

One good source is the annual "best of the must-haves" lists tested 
by the joe gardener co., which come out in the spring.
www.joegardener.com

One of my favorites are 6-inch green nylon pieces for tying tomatoes 
that I reuse every year. They're soft and stretchy, they don't tangle 
during storage, and they survive a trip through the compost bins. I 
bought one small package of them several years ago at a local garden 
club's plant sale. But I don't know who makes them or where they're 
available; I've long since lost the original packaging.

Biostack compost bins, because they're stackable.

Sunday Afternoons makes great hats, so lightweight they're almost 
weightless. People have asked me where I got my hat many times. Here 
in Calif., they're sold at street fairs, but are also available 
online.

Ellenedith.com has some whimsical fabrics and quiltmaking kits with 
garden themes. (I've seen her booth at local street fairs.)

Also -- D-handled digging fork, Japanese weeding knife (hori hori), 
bypass pruners that fit my small hands, garden snips (I like the 
precise tips of the Fiskars tool), well-fitting gloves, and a 
hose-end attachment with settings from mist to shower to flood.

If I were giving anyone pruning tools as a gift, I'd add a copy of a 
pruning book or even the video from Plant Amnesty.

Tanya Kucak

At 7:42 PM -0500 8/10/09, Doreen Howard wrote:
>Please send me some good recommendations for garden tools and gadgets for my
>upcoming Gardeners' Christmas gift suggestion guide.  Unfortunately, my
>column is due before the GWA conference, where I'm sure I'll get some
>excellent ideas for the column, but too late.
>Many thanks,
>Catriona
>Catriona@catrionatudorerler.com
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