Carol asks…
As a gift, I’m looking for recommendations on a great pair of gardening gloves for my mom.?
GardenersCardiff answers:
As a long time gardener and one who worked in the industry and tried probably every glove on the market… I always go back to leather. Not the heavy work gloves but the fitted, soft leather with breatable synthetic uppers. Machine washable too. I got mine at Home Depot.
Maria asks…
Christmas Gift ideas (vintage & gardening)?
I have a friend she is looking to receive a gift this Christmas. She’s very much into vintage stuff, and gardening. She’s in her 30’s but a very young personality. She also owns her own vintage shop, so she knows “her vintage”. Help me with some gift ideas???
GardenersCardiff answers:
On Sarah’s house(HGTV). They bought old frames and put in postage stamps. Maybe you can find older stamps with a garden theme and frame them.
David asks…
Father’s day gift for a dad that likes cars, beer, tools, grilling, and gardening?
I really can’t think of anything!
GardenersCardiff answers:
Go find a medium size basket from Goodwill – then go to dollar store/Wal-Mart – Load it up with microwave popcorn, chips, cookies, crackers and different kinds of sodas.
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Helen asks…
What are the essential tools for a beginning gardener?
I have a friend who is wanting to start gardening in her bare backyard. Her birthday is coming up and I want to put together a little package of essential gardening tools. I don’t know anything about gardening myself, so please help!
GardenersCardiff answers:
I am a long time gardener, and I own a variety of tools, each does a specific job. If your friend is going to plant roses or shrubs, a pair of hand pruners would be welcome (about $12).
A shovel is great (I only use short handled ones, I like that type best). $8 – $15
Small tools like a trowel and a hand hoe are nice (I never use a big hoe,it’s too much work). $5 – 10
And gloves. Nice, leather gloves, the thinner the better ($10).
A metal rake, the kind for moving soil or small rocks as opposed to the floppy leaf rake. I love to use a heavy rake to smooth out planting beds. $8 – 12
A good book on gardening, preferably organic gardening would be the best gift of all. $20
There are some excellent gardening forums in cyber land too, with people who have all sorts of know how.
If you shop around, you might find very cheap garden tools as stores tend to try to get rid of all that stuff by the end of summer.
I can garden anywhere with gloves, a shovel, a rake and a trowel. I can only prune things if I have snips, so those are the basics, for me (been gardening a long, long time).
Donna asks…
can recomend gardening tools which brand are good?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Sears Craftsmen
Michael asks…
Which gardening tool to use for pulling weeds?
I have three tools: Jimmy, age 9, good at PE and lunch in school, my husband Terry, 43, good for nothing except after the annual Christmas party when he’s good for 8 minutes, and Jenny, age 16, going on 23, good at doing her hair for 2 hours prior to going to school in the morning.
They are all tools, which is best to use in eradicating weeds from my tulip bed?
But Drizzt, my husband can probably do it in 8 minutes. It just wouldn’t be thorough.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Use them all, but be delicate:
Terry – liquor him up and have him pull weeds at a fever pitch for 8 minutes, the let him lie in the garden to sleep it off.
Jimmy next – bury a grilled cheese sandwich in the dirt and he’ll basically till your garden looking for it.
Jenny – have her tell the neighborhood boys that the first one to remove all the weeds gets to cop a feel on her.
You will have zero weeds left after this phase 3 deployment of your tools.
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Mark asks…
I live in southern California, Laguna Woods, what is my gardening zone?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Check here.
Http://www.sunset.com/sunset/garden/article/0,20633,845296,00.html#Anchor-ZONE-43793
Ruth asks…
Referring to gardening and plants, what is a zone and what zone am I in?
When planning for my garden/front lawn, I hear a lot about zone’s…I think it has to do with what plants can be grown in certain zones, but I don’t know for sure.
Can anyone tell me what zones are and what zone am I in? I live in central Ontario, just north of Toronto. Thanks!
GardenersCardiff answers:
A ‘zone’ is a number with the smaller numbers being more tropical (near or on the equator) and they get higher the farther north you go. These numbers are given when purchasing plants, to tell you whether the plant will grow well in the zone you live in. To find your gardening zone, you can do a search for your area, or the closest large city. Then do a second search to find the plants that will do well in your zone. There is another way to find out which plants will do well, though … Take a walk around your neighborhood and talk to the gardeners you’ll see … Because I have yet to meet a gardener who wouldn’t share everything they know with someone who is truly curious, and who wants to become a good gardener. I know … I am a long time gardener who now lives in a different state … I take walks, not look on the internet, because my neighbors are the best at what grows well here!
Charles asks…
What is the gardening zone of Boulder, Co?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Apparently, due to the “warming trend” AKA global warming, the zones have been updated. You can find your precise gardening zone for heat tolerance at the American Horticulture Society website (http://www.ahs.org/publications/heat_zone_finder.htm) using your zip code. As well, the Colorado State University website contains some info as well (http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Garden/zones.htm). HGTV also has some information about this subject (http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_seasonal_zones/article/0,,HGTV_3631_1399487,00.html). Good luck!
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