When the spring season arrives and the weather warms up, do you enjoy getting out there and working in your garden? There are many people who are either working on an existing garden, or growing their very first garden! So of course you are going to need garden tools. But you may be thinking “I ...
Does your child enjoy working in the garden with you? Are you afraid to let him or her use your garden tools? If this is the case, then do not worry. You can actually find garden tools for kids in stores and online! Your child can have his or her own shovels, rakes, and even ...
You don’t have to be a gardener to use gardening tools. Often just general care of landscape requires them. Shrub trimming and shaping, weed pulling, cutting overgrown tree branches and general maintenance often requires a tool or two, even if it is just a shovel or a rake. Gardening and landscape tools are not cheap. ...
Stainless steel gardening tools have the advantage of being sturdy and more resilient than other types of tools for the hard-core gardener. Almost all tools can be purchased through gardening supply stores locally, though the quality varies greatly. North Carolina includes a number of these stainless steel gardening tools at local gardening stores, including Southern ...
You have arthritis. Gardening is hard work. Still, you love it. You like to keep active. Unfortunately, you know you can’t be as active as you might like without injuring yourself. How you choose and use gardening tools matters. In fact, when you have arthritis, it can mean the difference between actively pursuing your favorite ...
As I creep closer to social security age, I find that my arthritic fingers sometimes lack the dexterity to grab and pull weeds from my gardens. Growing older brings on different constraints for many gardeners, like sore backs, knees or hips that won’t allow them to kneel in the garden or worse yet, rise from ...
How do tend to a garden if you have arthritis, are elderly, or otherwise are mobility-impaired? It’s one thing to overcome indoor obstacles like reaching toilet paper on a high shelf; but it’s quite another thing to lift big bags of mulch, kneel in dirt, and hoe weeds. First thing, you need to completely change ...
