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Garden Product Reviews

In writing garden product reviews, let me make several things clear from the outset. The first is that I look at these products with the experience of over 30 years in the garden. And those garden-years are mostly commercial years where the tool - the right tool - could make the difference between getting a job done properly and easily or hacking and chopping through a task.

I value great tools and products.

The second thing to understand is that many companies will send me "stuff" to test and evaluate. I make no promises on these - my responsibility is to my readers, to tell them the truth. My responsibility is not to the manufacturers but I always do my best to give an honest trial, an honest test measured against my experience or against other products in similar trials. And many of the tools and trials here are from material I have purchased for my own gardening use. I make it clear in each trial which is which.

I value my readers first.

Rain Chains

Replace boring gutter downspouts with rain chains... or not. Here's my take on them

Liquid Fence

A decent deer deterrent - here's my review

Growtech Eliminaweed

Growtech Eliminaweed is one of the new acetic acid (vinegar) products on the market and here's my trial results

Antidesiccant

I've been using Wilt pruf antidesiccant for years to make propagation and overwintering a lot easier and more successful.

Read All Product Reviews Here

Click on the links below to see other gardeners comments.

Plantskydd Deer Repellent Review There are several ways I could have written this review but I decided, in the end, that brutal honesty was the best course of action here. Sigh...

So ...

SoilWrap Plantable Pots The news release for the SoilWrap Plantable Pot says:

There are no pots to dispose of, no root damage during transplanting, and SoilWrap® biodegrades ...

BarkBrite Mulch Dye Jet black is brown. It is not even close to black. No matter how much product I add, it comes out brown. No matter how many applications I apply, it ...

New Articles

Feb 7, 2012

pole pruners

Pole pruners are invaluable for trimming the smaller branches on trees and for cleaning up fruit trees - here's what to look for

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Jan 30, 2012

Plantskydd Deer Repellent Review

There are several ways I could have written this review but I decided, in the end, that brutal honesty was the best course of action here. Sigh... So

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Jan 24, 2012

Fiskars" small snippers".

Fiskars,in my opinion are some of the best.If you take the time to get the right one for the job,you won't be disappointed.My absolutely favorite are the

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Jan 17, 2012

Marigold 'Bonanza Deep Orange'

Over the past 30 years, I've grown just about every Marigold on the market, either for my nursery or for my own pleasure. From the really tall to the

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Jan 13, 2012

Begonia Solenia 'Velvet Red' Review

Last spring, I found a begonia advertised as being able to be grown in full sun. Right! I said to myself, we'll see about that. So I paid way too much

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Jan 12, 2012