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Garden Hoes

Garden Hoes

Have you heard the old gardener’s adage? One year’s seeding = ten years’ weeding! Using a hoe is a great way to quickly get annual weeds under control before they become a...

Garden Hoes

Have you heard the old gardener’s adage? One year’s seeding = ten years’ weeding! Using a hoe is a great way to quickly get annual weeds under control before they become a...

Forks are Under-Appreciated

Forks are Under-Appreciated

Using a border fork in the garden seems to be a lost skill in this part of the world, and it took several working trips to England for me to...

Forks are Under-Appreciated

Using a border fork in the garden seems to be a lost skill in this part of the world, and it took several working trips to England for me to...

secateurs

What’s the Difference?

A-type, B-type, SR-1 - what's the difference? We recently added a new Tobisho model to our secateurs line-up, the Tobisho A-type, and I've had quite a few people asking how it is different from...

What’s the Difference?

A-type, B-type, SR-1 - what's the difference? We recently added a new Tobisho model to our secateurs line-up, the Tobisho A-type, and I've had quite a few people asking how it is different from...

Leaves & Rakes

Leaves & Rakes

I enjoyed reading a recent instagram post by Sneeboer about gas-powered blowers being outlawed. We use rakes and brooms as much as we can - no smelly exhaust fumes and oh-so...

Leaves & Rakes

I enjoyed reading a recent instagram post by Sneeboer about gas-powered blowers being outlawed. We use rakes and brooms as much as we can - no smelly exhaust fumes and oh-so...

hasegawa tripod ladders

The Story Behind the Ladders

Discovering some excellent Japanese tripod ladders at Great Dixter while on a work practicum. I thought, "Someone must sell these ladders in Canada. I could sell them!" I wrote to...

The Story Behind the Ladders

Discovering some excellent Japanese tripod ladders at Great Dixter while on a work practicum. I thought, "Someone must sell these ladders in Canada. I could sell them!" I wrote to...

The Garden Museum, London, England

British Garden Tours - September 2013

Six days in London, each day I went to a different garden in or within striking distance of London. The Garden Museum & Dan Pearson installation RHS Wisley & the...

British Garden Tours - September 2013

Six days in London, each day I went to a different garden in or within striking distance of London. The Garden Museum & Dan Pearson installation RHS Wisley & the...