Fiskars Garden Tools

In 2002, they began Project Orange Thumb as a community gardening initiative, to provide groups across the United States and Canada with tools, materials and resources to create beautiful and productive community garden spaces. Although Fiskars has been a leader for home, garden and outdoor supplies, they originally were known for their orange handled scissors for kitchen and craft use. But there it was, an eightinch compact version included in my box of sample tools from Fiskars. In 2008, the program was expanded to include hands-on garden makeovers, to transform barren lots into productive community gathering spaces. So ladies, look for a lightweight hatchet like mine at local retailers, to put in the garden basket. So many times when dividing tough perennials, the garden fork or a spade gets stuck in the middle, and I wish there was something on-hand to chop through the whole mess. As I looked at the other women at my table, pondering what they could possibly do with this kind of tool, I was talking about all the uses I&rsquo. We get a nice selection of goodies to try from them each year, at the annual garden writer&rsquo. or more accurately, a hatchet &mdash.

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Perfect for pruning or weeding jobs, the Fiskars Kangaroo 30-gallon gardening container holds itself open, freeing your hands for work. It's light-weight, uses 30 gallon trash bags, stays upright, and has a large opening that remains open (I've had one or two that the opening has collapsed as it fills. bags, the kids filled about 40 bags of leaves. The Kangaroo's unique spring design springs up to a 22-inch diameter, 30-gallon capacity, just waiting to be filled with weeds, pruned branches, or raked leaves. By Elaine Hall (Londonderry, NH). The container, lightweight and strong, was a great help when we hired kids to bag up the leaves in our yard. We now use the container to collect yard debris and dump it in the back. When you're done, the container can be collapsed and stored easily in a compact, ready-to-hang 3-inch stack. The heavy-gauge vinyl construction is tear and mildew resistant, and the Kangaroo fits standard 30-gallon garbage can liners. ) When done, this container collapses down and can be hung on a wall in the shed/garage/basement....

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