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If you’re looking for a fun, healthy and environmentally friendly hobby, why not consider starting a garden? We’ve got a list of some of the top recommended gardening supplies. Check them out to get a sense of what you need to start a flower or vegetable garden that brings your home happiness and probably increases the resale value on the real estate market, as well.

The 5 Best Automatic Garden Hose Reels [Ranked]

Automatic Garden Hose Reels

Automatic hose reels can be an attractive and efficient storage and hose maintenance solution for gardeners (Source). Automatic hose reels can be either spring, water, or battery-powered (Source). While these can be hassle-saving garden tools, many of the hose reels lose winding power over time and their components often don’t hold up for more than one season […]

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The 5 Best Predator Deterrent Lights [Ranked]

Predator Deterrent Lights

Predator deterrent lights are designed to scare away nocturnal animals, oftentimes mimicking another predator’s eyes. These predator control devices can help you protect chicken coops, livestock areas, vineyards, orchards, trash bins and other property areas from nighttime raiding (Source). Most units are solar-powered, which means that the predator deterrent light will automatically charge itself, turning itself on […]

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The 5 Best Polycarbonate Greenhouses [Ranked]

Polycarbonate Greenhouses

If you are looking for an affordable but rugged and longlasting greenhouse, a polycarbonate greenhouse might be a good choice for you. Tough and light-weight, UV-treated polycarbonate is an advanced, and top quality paneling material for garden greenhouses. It’s easily obtainable in various thicknesses. Polycarbonate greenhouses provide you the clearness of glass, but with extra ruggedness and […]

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The 5 Best Dethatchers [Ranked]

Dethatcher

A dethatcher is a tool for outdoor use that is used to break up and remove a built-up layer of thatch from your lawn (Source). Thatch is the compressed dead plant matter that builds up at the base of your lawn overtime. It can be made up of roots, stems, and runners (Source). It can be beneficial […]

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The 5 Best Rubber Mulches [Ranked]

Rubber mulch is made of recycled rubber and used by many people as a filler for gardens, playgrounds, and a variety of other unique, outdoor uses (Source). Before it makes its way into your garden, playground or patio, the rubber mulch you use was – usually – tire buffings or chunks of synthetic rubber after a […]

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The 5 Best Weed Burners [Ranked]

Weed torches are chemical-free ways to destroy weeds. When you pass the torch over a weed, the heat boils and bursts water-based plant cells. If you’re a gardener, all you have to do is walk slowly (1 to 2 miles an hour) along your garden plots with your burner- weeds die when exposed to the heat for […]

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The 5 Best Leaf Mulcher Shredders [Ranked]

In this post, we examined 5 of the best-selling leaf mulchers. These landscaping tools chop up leaves, which saves gardeners time- instead of having to rake and bag them. Mulching cut down the number of bags you’ll need to dispose of your leaves. Also, if you compost, mulching makes it easier for the beneficial bacteria to aid your […]

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The 5 Best Squirrel Feeders [Ranked]

​​Squirrel feeders serve two primary purposes.The first is entertainment and the second is pest deterrence (Source).Homeowners purchase them to distract pesky squirrels from attacking bird-feeders for food (Source).By installing them in remote areas of the yard they can effectively sequester squirrels away from destroying vegetable gardens, harassing bird nests, attacking bird feeders, and other annoying, […]

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The 5 Best Grass Seeds [Ranked]

In this post, we took a look at 5 popular grass seed brands. This seed is spread on lawns to grow grass. There are many advantages to maintaining a lawn, including: the reduction of soil erosion and the filtration of groundwater (Source).How does it work?There are many ways to spread and plant grass seed, but the common […]

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