I love plants, but I've killed more than my fair share over the years. Overwatering, underwatering, too much light, too little light, poor soil, fertilizer, etc...  are all issues I've dealt with. Now, I have a tool that will help take the guess work out of some of it. The Soil Master moisture, light & ph meter is fantastic. No longer do I have to remember when I last watered t...

This time of the year, we have so many leaves. The Leaf Scoops helps you pick them up and deposit into a bag or barrel. They are lightweight and have extra large hand extenders. No need to get your hands dirty for these work great picking up leaves, and grass clippings. A quick easy way to clean up those lawns. They are made of polypropyene and measure 15"Wx15"Lx3" D. T...

When I was an automotive technician for Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge there were just some tools that were necessities that I just couldn't live without. The craftsman metric ratchet wrenches were one of those tools. These wrenches made my life and my job so much easier, they saved me so much time which in the automotive business, time is money. Some of the cheaper ratchet wrenches don't ha...

My mother bought this Garden Grabber lawn and garden rake for my husband's birthday present last year. When he opened up the gift, he had a puzzled look upon his face. Not only did he think that this was the oddest shaped rake he had ever seen but he also believed that it was another gimmick and that it would be a waste of money. To his amazement, it wound up working very well and it h...

This is one of my most used gardening tools. I use it to dig, cut and saw. It has a 6" stainless steel blade and a tapered slicing edge that is serrated that I use for cutting roots and separating plants for transplant. The Blade is 1 3/4" wide, so I can dig with it very easily.  The handle is heavy duty plastic, and it is bright orange, so it makes ...

I have a new favorite tool in the garden. It's my mini hand tiller by a company called Duraworx.I live in Georgia and here we have really hard clay soil that is filled with rocks. This makes gardening a challenge and a labor intensive task. I am always on the lookout for products that make that job a little easier. When I break ground in newer parts of the garden I start by digging holes an...

Being that this is my first winter in Pennsylvania I was anxious to see snow. I am from Central Texas and snow is not something that happens very often there. But as pretty as the snow is when it first falls, it sure makes it difficult to do the simple things; like walk to the mailbox or make it out to the garage. My husband bought this Rolling Snow Shovel and we got to try it out for the first...

My brother-in-law loves to work on cars, so for his birthday my husband and I got him a Channellock 136 piece mechanic's tool set.  This set has a lifetime warranty and comes in a sturdy heavy plastic case that has a handle to make it easy for transporting.My brother-in-law was very pleased with this set of tools.  I don't know much about mechanic's tools myself, but ...

We bought the Craftsman 34118 chainsaw when we needed to cut down some trees in my garden. Since then, we havent had use for it. I do not know much about the chainsaw market, but I will try to give you a decent and accurate account of this product.I was convinced to buy this product due to a few factors, the main one beind its safety features, which make a BIG difference in your choice of chain...

I'm an avid gardener and am always trying to amend my soil, to get the best growing conditions possible for my plants.  I had already been composting for years by the conventional method of just putting grass clippings and leaves in a pile and turning it over every so often until it broke down into soil. Then I was offered the Bio-orb Composter by someone that didn't need...

The Leatherman wave is a nice little tool, when I was littler it was my dads (he gave it to me in the 3rd grade(about 7 years ago)), and I always liked it because, it has so many things, and its so tough, that it still looks the same as it did 7 years ago (and I use it a lot to this day)! Heres a list of all the stuff it has: a regular knife, a seraded knife, a handy file, a mini wood saw, a ne...

I break the wooden handles of $10 garden shovels like they were toothpicks. So when I searched for my latest replacement garden spade, I was determined to find an indestructible garden shovel and pay whatever price was asked for it. And I found a virtually indestructible garden spade at Lowe's. The Fiskars Garden Spade features all-steel construction, and it comes with a lifetime ...

I wanted to tell you about a product that I found on I want that! HGTV.  It's the Hoover Spin Sweep outdoor Sweeper.  I was looking for something to sweep up debris and stuff outside in my yard that didn't have an electric cord or was a heavy gas blower.  I came across this and I really like it because it is like a big broom you push it forwards and the two brushes up fro...

Many years ago when I was painting my ceilings in my mobile home for the very first time, I asked the saleswoman at Sherwin-Williams about how to paint along edges without slopping paint everywhere or spending huge amounts of money on masking tape. The saleswoman recommended that I buy a 10" Drywall Taping Knife to use as a paint edger. This is the best painting tool investment I have...

My hubby got this measuring tape for free from his company where he works. He works in a factory so his jobs are mostly involved with machines and tools. So this measuring tape is really a helpful tool that can help him in his workplace. The measuring tape is made by KDS, model YS-3005ME. It can measure at a maximum length of 3m or 10ft. There is a red-colored lock at the left side. So when you...

This was another had to buy in emergency situation things i was out doing a job and the one I had wound up broken so I had to quickly come up with a new one. This Stanley twelve Footer was perfect for finishing the job, even though it was mall and inexpensive. I used it to finish the job and it since has become one of my favorites. It has a palm grip lever lock on the bottom which makes it much...

I use this simple but handy tool every year when I plant impatients in my front yard. I buy grown impatients, not seeds, so each one requires digging a small hole in the ground for transplanting. This bulb planter makes digging such holes very easy. It is a hollow metal cylinder with a handle on top; as you press it to the ground and push on the handle, the cylinder cuts our a neat, round hole ...

I am a big fan of Fiskars gardening tools, they are sturdy and easy to use. I do not, however, own this bulb planter (yet), I have another one by Yardworks, which I like; but when I saw this one at a friend's place, I just had to borrow it to see whether Fiskars verson was any better. The transplanters are very similar: a hollow steel cylinder with a handle, you press on the handle and cut o...

Anyone who grows roses or other small shrubs knows that you have to trim them.  The best time in my area is in the fall, but sometimes I still have roses blooming on my one lonely rose bush when the snow starts to fall, so I often end up cutting them back in the spring.In 1993, when I was happily growing a herd of rose bushes in Nevada, I bought a trimmer from Jackson & Perki...

I love these garden shears so much, I just bought a second pair.A few years back I purchased a pair of Fiskars Grips and Holds Garden Shears to use in my garden. They never made it there. I opened the package and used them to cut something around the house and they have had a home in our junk drawer ever since. They look like a big pair of scissors but unlike regular scissors, these babies can ...