Gardening DONE RIGHT.
A steel-bladed lawn edger is a professional tool for creating sharp, clean edges along walkways, garden borders, around trees. Plus anywhere else on your property where you want the precision of a well-defined cut. Professional edging defines these areas crisply and goes after the roots which, with most other edging techniques, are left unmolested and… Read More
Fall clean up is done, you’ve tackled and won against the massive amounts of leaves in your yard. They’ve been collected, shredded into the back of your DR Leaf and Lawn Vacuum and are now a nutrient rich mulch, but what do you do with it? It’s time to put your gardens to bed… Read More
Fall is a terrific time for making compost, partly because leaves are a fantastic source of soil enriching nutrients. As you probably plan to remove those leaves from your lawn, recycling them into your compost pile is a win-win proposition. Leaves need to break down in order to integrate with the other organic matter in… Read More
One of the most useful features of the DR Roto-Hog Power Tiller is that it allows you to adjust your tilling depth as you work. On the Pro model, this can even be done right from your towing vehicle with a remote control (the Premier uses a manual lever). But you may be wondering, why do I… Read More
As winter approaches, it may feel like there’s not much you can do to prepare. But there is! There’s a lot you can do to make sure that winter’s damage is minimal and that your spring chores are as easy as possible. These are the 10 things that we’re doing to prepare for winter: 1. Mow it short.… Read More
At the end of the summer, when the last tomato has been picked and the final basil leaf turned into pesto, it’s tempting to forget about the garden and move on to other endeavors. But wait! There is a simple task that you can do that will ensure a fruitful (vegetable-ful?) garden for next year.… Read More
Lawns are lovely, aren’t they? Until you want to build a veggie garden or a flower bed. Then you have a floor of sod to contend with before you can start planting your tomatoes and tulips. There are a number of ways to remove sod (grass) in order to build a garden. By far the… Read More
If you’ve recently spent some time and energy cutting down a tree, you may now be wondering what you can do with the trunk and limbs. Your first thought is probably to use the trunk for firewood and chip up the limbs in your trusty wood chipper. Those are great options. But if you want… Read More
For gardeners, controlling weeds is often priority one during the growing season. These pesky plants not only steal sunlight, water, and nutrients from your vegetables and flowers, but look messy and can obscure the neat-and-tidy garden that you had in mind. There are a lot of ways to deal with weeds – from herbicides to… Read More
For many gardeners, it may seem unnecessary to purchase your own rototiller when you can find a nice rototiller rental in your area for your once or twice-yearly till. But which method is really worth it for your garden? In many cases, buying your own rototiller could be a more worthwhile investment in the long-run.… Read More