From the category archives:

Landscaping Tools

Larger Gardening Tools

July 25, 2008

Maintaining a nice yard and outdoor area involves a lot of work. Manicuring one’s yard can be a healing experience and just good therapy, not to mention the fact that even though it entails some hard work in certain areas, it’s very relaxing in others. As far as the larger jobs are concerned, the following [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Construction Problems

February 2, 2007

Tools should be cleaned immediately after use, while the soil is still moist. Use emery cloth, a wire brush or steel wool. Rub in crank-case oil. Keep your wooden handles sanded down and preserve the wood with linseed oil. Sharpen hoes with an 8-inch mill file, stroking toward the cutting edge, but don’t sharpen digging [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Tools of the Trade - Continued

January 30, 2007

The mechanical, or power, machines are bringing about changes in gardening. The mower-mulcher, for example, suggests a new way to gather fall leaves and use them for mulching. You run it over the lawn in the usual way. The leaves are cut into small fragments and deposited beneath or to one side of the machine, [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }