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Window Farms And A Clip-On Apartment Garden

August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets, Gardening News

No yard space to grow your veggies? No problem, just build your own Vertical Hydroponic Window Farm. Now anyone can grow crops. All you need is a window and the hydroponic kit. If you follow the link in the article to the WindowFarms Project website you will see that the latest version can grow 16 [...]

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Cat Repellent And Raised Beds Revisited

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets

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In my last post I discussed ways of keeping cats out of your garden and also the subject of raised beds and how some people thought that you could’nt grow veg without one. Well today I have found a gadget, or rather an installation, that combines all round protection from intruders with built [...]

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15 Gadgets For Indoor Gardeners

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets

As readers of this blog will know I am always on the lookout for new gardening gadgets and am constantly amazed at some of the weird and wonderful creations that are offered for sale. Today I found a list of “15 Gadgets To Keep Your Indoor Plants Alive”. Top of the list is the O2 [...]

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Basil, Berries and De-Lawning Plus Gadgets

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets, Gardening News

Just over a month ago I featured a report calling for us to scrap the lawn and today there is another. This comes from an article quoting Susan McCoy from the Garden Media Group who tells us what is trendy this year. “The rewards of growing your own—basil, berries or flowers—are boundless” she says “and [...]

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Forest Gardens And Talking Weeds

March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets, Gardening News

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Willie Chance who is now retired from UGA Extension in Houston County says that he knows of no reason not to talk to your plants, but suggests you stop if they begin to talk back. In fact he is making a serious point that although you will not hear what they are saying, [...]

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Garden Statues And A Grass Lamp

February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets

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Garden statues come in all shapes and sizes, but this one I found is rather more ambitious than most.  “At 22 feet long and 11 feet tall, this Jurassic-sized replica is the largest sculpture we have ever offered! Realistically sculpted with rows of menacing teeth, a fearsome tail and scaly skin, our prehistoric [...]

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Koolatron, Naked Ladies and the USB Greenhouse

October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets, Gardening News

Bulb planting time is here again and all the papers are full of articles reminding us that now is the time to complete this task. Pop them in the ground and then wait for spring is the general tenor of their advice, but it’s not always that simple as Mike Lascelle has discovered. Raccoons and [...]

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Conservation Gardening and Gadget Reviews

September 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets, Gardening News

“Mowing your lawn for an hour produces as much pollution as driving a car 650 miles” is just one of the facts quoted by the Virginia Living Museum in its campaign for the creation of conservation gardens. While it’s a well known fact that gas mowers cause pollution, I have not seen it spelt out [...]

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Cuttings, Gadgets and Escargots

August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets, Gardening News

Why is it that whenever you take a particular fancy to a plant or shrub that you have read about or seen in a neighbor’s garden, you find that your local garden center does not sell that variety? In “Growing new plants from old” Maureen FitzPatrick suggests a way round this problem by reminding us [...]

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Plastic Essentials, Herb Scissors and Squirrels

August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Garden Gadgets, Garden Supplies

Some people think that squirrels are cute little creatures. The way that they sit upright with their bushy tails erect using their front legs like hands to eat nuts and other goodies. Or we marvel at the way that they leap from branch to branch in the trees with such agility. But not if we’re [...]

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