Archive for July, 2006
Garden Hose Holder
Sunday, July 30th, 2006Garden Hose Holder
This weekends hot product is the Auto Rewind 100 by Hydro. The most convenient automatic hosereel and combined garden hose holder on the market (so we think).
People buy hoses for all sorts of reason, sometimes for themselves and other times for a gift (they make a great birthday gift or fathers-say gift!) Though […]
The World of the Hydrangea
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
The World of the Hydrangea
Its the heart of the summer and time to really begin to get your hands dirty and your garden growing. Its time to do what you can now for the rest of this summer and to begin thinking about the seasons ahead.
For the next few weeks we will provide our […]
History of Hose Reels
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
Where did the World of Hose Reels begin ?
How did the evolution of garden gadgetary arrive at the ever more popular automatic retractable hose reels
Hose reels have their history in Watering Cans. For as long as gardening was a hobby or tending a vegetable patch was necessary, man needed to find a convenient way […]
What is a Water Garden?
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
In todays edition we cover ‘what is a water garden?’ Not to be confused with ‘how to water my garden’
There are a great many amatuer and professional gardeners that prefer a more daring challenge in designing and creating an exquisite garden, fewer are more challenging than a Water Garden.
Water gardens, also known as aquatic gardens, […]
Vegetable Gardens
Sunday, July 16th, 2006Vegetable gardens. Exposure to the sun, heat, and wind plays has a major effect on water requirements in your garden. For example, garden areas in the shade may have lower irrigation needs than those where the sun shines all day. Also, big trees with large “drink” a lot of water so you have to […]
Hose Reel Review on Gizmodo.com
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006We came accross a review for the ReelSmart Automatic HoseReel on Gizmodo Gadget Review (www.gizmodo.com)
This is what they say:
”What kind of chump would wind their own hoses when you can use Reel Smart hose winder to wind it automatically.. The reel winder uses its own water pressure and a three-piston engine to wrap up the […]
Innovative Garden Gadget
Sunday, July 9th, 2006Innovative Garden Gadget from those clever guys at Hydro:
The first ever water-powered hose reel is an essential garden equipment. A revolution in comfort and convenience — self-winding water hose reels! Hydro Industries’ self-winding hose reels present the ultimate in garden equipment, allowing easy watering followed by simple rewinding of your water hose. No need for […]
Tips For Your Hose Reeling Chore
Thursday, July 6th, 2006After last weekends gardening conference, I though i’d share my perfect tip for that ultimate tortuous garden chore : winding back the garden hose reel.
The topic was hot debate at the conference in Paris, with profesionals and amatuers alike debating the various Tricks and Techniques…. From the simple (provided below) to the technical (automatic hose […]
Heat Wave Gardening Tips
Monday, July 3rd, 2006Heat Wave Gardening Tips
Summer is certainly here, every news channel from around the globe mixes heat wave warnings with heat wave joyful hysteria. Everywhere you look there are sun bronzed and sun burned men, women, boys and girls making the most of global warming.
So take break from the worship of the sun God […]
