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GARDEN EQUIPMENT I find that the correct equipment makes limited time in the garden ever so much more efficient and comfortable! Here are some of my all time best tips:

Cheap Double Gloves for gardening Gloves. I find them essential! Most of the year, I wear a double layer. First, plain cotton brown jersey garden gloves (no rubber dots or any reinforcements) (less than $2 a pair, usually). On top of these go a pair of yellow kitchen rubber gloves (also the cheapest I can find, in quantity). I find this combination WARM, DRY, and CHEAP. The cotton gloves absorb the sweat, so my hands stay dry and warm, while the rubber gloves keep me clean and dry. I can pick up anything, from slimy rotten pumpkins to slugs AND my hands and nails don't get that tell-tale ground-in dirt. Usually, I separate the two when I take them off, and leave the cotton gloves on top of the water heater (where it's warm) to dry before the next outing. I can wash those easily, and when the rubber gloves get too many holes, I just throw that part away. They last for a surprisingly long time. I keep several pair of each, along with a bottle of foot powder, on my water heater. A sprinkle of the powder into the rubber glove helps me pull it easily over the cotton glove and I'm ready for anything!

Weeding Tools. These two instruments take care of the majority of weeds in the garden. I always carry the screw driver in my garden tool belt to have handy whenever I see dandelions, wild onions, clover or anything where I have to dig the root out. The Winged Weeder, with its long handle, can be glided through any empty soil, disrupting the little annual weeds without any bending or squatting on the part of the gardener. Very slick, very efficient. Turns the cultivated soil into a lovely blank frame for your emerging perennials and shrubs.

Knee Pads. Makes it much easier to get down and dirty in the borders! Keeps your knees dry and protected. Hot fashion statement, too!

Lori Scott Landscape Design
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