Gardener Gift Ideas
What are people buying for the gardener on their list? I have some ideas which may inspire you to...
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Category: Tools
Ilona’s Curated List of Top Perennial Flower Garden Books
Must-Haves For Your Gardening Book Shelf Short reviews of the best in garden books that specialize...
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Mignonette, Reseda Odorata
This annual is the subject of one of the first plant favorite profiles I wrote, years ago. The...
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Handy Fiskars Snips Make Light Work Of Many Garden Chores
Snip Flower Heads Simply and Easily Reach For The Snips I bought these Snips with their protective...
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A DeWit Cape Cod Weeder, The Tool I’d Take To A Desert Island
This tool actually makes weeding a joy instead of a drudge.
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Garden Gloves
Once upon a time I didn’t think garden gloves were an important tool of the garden, let alone essentials. Oh my, how times have changed for me.
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High Quality Tools For The Garden
One place you really need to have high quality is in your garden tools. They get a hard workout over a long period of time- for me, all season long every year.
Too many times the ones offered in many garden centers- and most certainly the discount stores where we so often get our garden gear- are made cheaply in China.
New Review Efforts
In the new efforts to make reviews that are simple to post, help my readers the most, and integrate more into my garden site, Ilona’s Garden, there have been big changes in the Garden Librarian.
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The Best Perennial Plant Books
…if you would like a to simply find the best picks without a detailed review, this page is one you might bookmark for a reference as you build a library to guide your creation of a perennial garden
Read MoreWhy Buy Garden Books?
Should You Buy Garden Books? It’s an honest question. After all, with the plethora of information and fabulous garden photographs available with the click of a mouse on the internet, who needs to spend money on books that...
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DK Publisher’s Garden Design
Garden Design by DK Publishing Chris Young -Editor in Chief, Paul Williams A large coffee table...
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Tomatoes: A Gardener’s Guide
Anyone wanting to grow delicious, ripe tomatoes in their own home garden would benefit from having this book on the library shelf.
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