Mud Gloves Contest

I’ve been sent a few pairs of MUD gloves to share with readers. So here’s the deal.
Write me a poem.
I don’t care if it’s a limerick – a haiku – a four-versed saga in iambic pentameter – or even doggerel. Just write me a poem.
The only rule is that it has to [...]

Review iGarden iPhone App

OK – it’s time to enter the modern era and run a few trials on electronic garden aids. The first of these hit my ipod Touch a few weeks ago and I’ve been thinking about the experience ever since. Here’s the site to iGarden.
First of all, this is a vegetable gardening app intended to [...]

Chainsaw Review: Poulan

You want a chainsaw review? A review of a Poulan chainsaw
So here’s the deal. For over 20 years I had a Pioneer Farm Saw – a good sized chainsaw that was capable of doing serious work. I went through 2 bars, numerous chains and a bunch of tuneups over those years. But [...]

West County Gloves Review Update

It’s not often I’ll do a second post on a product review but this time I simply have to tell you to go out and buy yourself a pair of these gloves. And while I poked fun at the “red” color in my first post, I can tell you I no longer care what [...]

Two Best Gardening Tools

I usually use only two garden tools for the vast majority of my summer gardening chores. The simplicity of each makes them long-term winners for me. I just had to replace the Hoe-Mi as I lost my original tool in one of the moves I’ve just made. (leevalley.com) but my hand-pruners have been [...]

West County Gloves

OK – in the interests of disclosure, let me tell you that West County sent me two pairs of gloves to try out. I gave the ladies pair to the Princess and I got the men’s pair. I thought that was the first appropriate decision.
They’re red.
They’re also made of recycled plastic [...]

Number One in Vegetable Gardening

There’s a certain satisfaction reaching number one in any endeavor and it’s particularly satisfying when your book goes to the top of the sales charts. Here’s a screen shot of my book numbers on Amazon.ca today.

What you have to squint to see is
1 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & [...]

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