Garden Tools

But Kate Ingalls, whose second-grade class will tackle the air and water kit this year, said she’s ready to take that hands-on learning to a whole new, integrated level by way of founding Hazelwood Elementary School’s first community garden. Every year, the Renton School District provides teachers in each grade science kits that enable them to teach hands-on basic science in three categories: life, physical and earth sciences. That’s when Ingalls said she began talking to Hazelwood’s groundskeepers and administration about coming up with an on-site, gated location for the garden that will hopefully become a place to nurture a variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers... “I started looking at the possibility of doing a garden but tying it in to the science that we’re already doing. After reading child advocacy expert Richard Louv’s book “Last Child in the Woods,” Ingalls said she started to grasp just how out of touch today’s generation of children can be from nature and the outdoors.

Are there any tools that you found to be indispensable tool for gardening. If you only had only a small space to keep the tools for your gardening hobby, what would you keep above all else. So when faced with the challenge of putting together a highly useful, versatile and long-lasting collection of small tools, this is what I have come up with. Have any tools been handed down in your family or any brands that you absolutely swear by for their quality. There is a bit of sticker shock on some items, but I approached the list with the understanding that these will be used for quite some time, and maybe even handed down some day. But I will be interested to see if these items all are long-term and useful staples in the toolbox. I can't live without my Soil Scoop -- I have a trowel or 2 but this replaces that and it works amazingly well. com/Soil-Scoop/GardeningTools_PlantingTools,36-433,default,cp....

Prep your garden tools for winter

I've finally finished the fall cleanup in my garden, so now I'll turn my attention to cleaning up the tools that helped me all summer. Garden tools can be an expensive investment, unless you acquired yours as family heirlooms or bought

David Robson: No time like the present for these garden tasks

Clean all your garden tools, removing caked on dirt and dried plant material. Use a bucket of warm water and steel brush on the rake, hoe and shovel. You might have to use a pocketknife or ice pick to get debris that found its way into the joint

Gardening tools reflect individuality

Some garden tools are so basic that everyone seems to have them: a shovel for digging, pruning shears for cutting back bushes and fruit trees, some sort of hoe for battling weeds, a wheelbarrow. And yet peeking into gardeners' tool sheds would reveal

Garden tool time: Not just another dull story

He continued to forge building and garden tools for his neighbors and himself. Then suddenly, Dad's mom (Grandma Jenny) died when he was very young (circa 1912). For this 7 year old to work off his grief, Dad was charged to maintain her gardens,

Christmas gift suggestions for gardeners

Successful vegetable, fruit and herb gardening can be challenging. Gift cards give the gardener the pleasure of shopping for books, magazines, soil equipment, watering fixtures, tools, clothing, seeds and plants. Books are one of the top items on the

Garden Tools

Garden Tools

Garden tools