I have been working hard to get my yard in tip top shape. 

 I have a huge baby shower and a graduation party to throw in June. They are a week apart so our work is cut out for us. (What was I thinking? two parties in a row?) 

Anything that makes work easier is welcome in my tool collection.  I have been using my Radius transplanter to move my plants and put in new ones.  I love the round handle because it gives you so much more to hold on to and you can fit both hands on it. It also has a large foot step which makes it easier to push down into the soil.  The stainless steel blade feels like it is strong enough to handle anything. 

 I am also using my Yard Butler Terra Weeder  a lot. 

The Weeder gives you a forked side as well as a bladed side that can cut through roots or lift rocks.  I have been using it non stop for planting and weeding this year.

  I also have their Terra Tiller which is a larger version of the Terra Weeder.  It’s handy at larger digging jobs but I find the Terra Weeder is a bit easier to handle for doing most things.

 Slowly but surely I am getting the gardens in shape for our fun summer ahead.  Having the right tools makes gardening even more of a pleasure than it already is.

Go on over to Garden Shoes Online to see these and many other gardening tools and accesories. 

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Garden Works Knee Benz Save your knees with these flexible, waterproof knee pads. View Details	Sloggers Rain & Garden Boots Premium comfort garden boots available in 7 fun and fashionable colors. View Details
Garden Works Presto Bucket Presto! It’s a bucket! Folds flat and pops up for easy use. Only $12.95 View Details	Sloggers Insect Shield Bandana Keep away those pesky bugs with these cool, comfortable bandanas. View Details
Felco High Performance Pruning Shears Ergonomic pruners made to last a lifetime. View Details	All New Square Foot Gardening Book Grow More in Less Space! The best selling gardening book of all time. View Details
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Rosso’s Bamboo Planters Biodegradable bamboo fiber planter and saucer set. View Details	The Green Gardening Guide Simple, Significant Actions to Protect & Preserve Our Planet from Joe Lamp’l. View Details
Tubtrugs These have so many uses… Every home should have tubtrugs. Only $14.99 View Details	Bogs Women’s Classic Mid Cosmos 100% waterproof and 100% cute. View Details
Rosso’s Retro Chic Birdhouses The Retro Chic Collection will add personality to any home / garden. View Details	Womanswork Bog Gloves The Bog Glove is perfect for working in wet conditions. Only $8.95 View Details
Garden Works Comfort Grip Soil Scoops The most versatile gardening tool ever invented, the Soil Scoop is one tool that takes the place of five! View Details	Sloggers Women’s Classic Garden Hats Perfect for the garden. UPF 50+ max rating. View Details

AND more will be added very soon! 

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 I have shown them before but I can’t help displaying them once again for those that might have missed them.

 My  sons  call them “terrifying”.    

 They may not like them now, but one day when they think back on me, I am sure that these little guys will bring some fun memories.

 I should explain that my sons are grown.  One is 18 and the other is 29. 

Just to get back for all their inside jokes and cross room looks, I may have to hand them down to future grandchildren just to be sure they linger in my son’s lives for many, many years.  

I do want the last laugh.

 Or maybe they will eventually acquire a bit of my “good taste” and like them. 

 Who knows?    Anything can happen… Right?

~Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.  ~Mrs. C.W. Earle

 Visit Suzanne at Coloradolady for Vintage Thingies Thursdays

   There are  different colors too, check them out along with other styles of Bionic Garden Gloves at gardenshoesonline.com or just click on one of the pictures. 

Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made

by singing: — “Oh, how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade. ~Rudyard Kipling

Here’s a look at what’s blooming in my May garden

“Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower”  ~ Anonymous

Living in upstate New York doesn’t make it easy to have container gardens  in May.  We had a hard frost just two nights ago.  I put my plants in the next day though because the weather is supposed to be nice for the next week.  I like to live dangerously!  It’s Memorial Day this weekend, it should be safe by now.  Thanks for the opportunity to participate.  Plants and pictures are two of my favorite things.  Happy Spring!  

Flowers in the yellow pot are geraniums, coleus, dianthus, lobelia, red mandevilla vine

Adopt the pace of nature:  her secret is patience.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson