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Electronic Plant Monitoring
You can’t trust nature (it’s red in tooth and claw, remember?) but you can monitor its effect on plants with either of these electronic meters. The pH meter has a 7-1/2" long metal probe with a 1-5/8” x 3/4” ballistic meter on top that displays pH from 3 to 10. The 3-in-1 meter is the same size but with a switchable meter to measure pH, light or moisture. No batteries: it works via chemical reaction to different metals (either that or it’s magic).
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38098 3-IN-1 METER | |
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38097 PH METER |
Water In A Whiskey Barrel
It's a water feature that fits your lifestyle! Not the whiskey barrel, the compact size! This all-inclusive Whiskey Barrel Patio Pond Kit from TetraPond" includes an EPDM 45 mil plastic liner 5-ft x 5-ft, (2) 7" AquaPlanter mesh cubes to contain your water garden, an adapter with (3) adapter heads, and 5 ft of smoked plastic tubing for the 120VAC 14-watt submersible pump. The quiet, efficient pump is rated for 250 gal/hr and a 3-1/2-ft lift. It has a 1/2" NPT outlet and a 12-ft outdoor power cord and is suitable for a pond up to 500 gallons. The kit doesn't include plants, fish or the whiskey barrel, which is probably good, since it lets you choose any patio-appropriate container and customize your water feature to your taste. Perhaps a beer barrel….
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36636 PATIO POND KIT |
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Weather on a Pole
A whole weather station, all hung on one 58" pole ready to be planted in your garden. It includes a 15" high thermometer with °F and °C marked in large numerals, a rain gauge that will measure up to 4" or 10 cm. of rainfall against an expanded scale, plus wind speed and direction indicators. We suggest you hit the latter (2) with a shot of WD-40 to loosen them up. You get no read out on the wind, but can make a subjective judgement from the speed with which the anemometer spins and the direction the arrow points. Sturdy black plastic, it will be a handsome and useful addition to your yard. (We got 0.25" of rain last night!!)
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91491 GARDEN WEATHER CENTER |
Maxi Thermometer
Hang this sucker on the outside of the garage, and read the temperature from the kichen window. If your garage is reasonably close. And it's not dark outside. The 15-1/2" tall x 2-9/16" wide white-plastic alcohol thermometer has red fluid, good-sized black numbers, and clear markings from -30°C to 50°C and from -20°F to 120°F. An easy read.
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92249 MAXI THERMOMETER |
I'd Like To Buy The Wasps A Coke"
CJ calls it very clever, and we agree. The Soda Bottle Wasp Trap" from Gadjit® Outdoors has a sleeve that fits into any size pop bottle, plus a 3-3/8" dia x 1-1/2" tall top that screws onto bottles-onto a 1" OD neck, the standard soda bottle opening-and invites stinging pests inside for a drink. Permanently. Use regular, non-diet pop-wasps, hornets and yellow-jackets are notoriously indifferent about their weight. Includes a few wasp-themed stickers to decorate the bottle.
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92723 WASP TRAP |
Ouch!
Looks like a cheap kid-sized tennis racket, but brother, this ain't for the kids. It's actually a fine way for adults to work on their upper-body strength and kill bugs at the same time. 18" long, with a 6" wide paddle lined with metal grid. A coil in the handle sends high voltage through the paddle when a button is pushed; hit a bug with it and the bug will bug you no more. But despite the manufacturer's claims that it's safe for people, Scott reports that flesh-paddle contact delivers a nasty shock, nasty enough to say "Keep this away from kids!" We've seen these in other catalogs for about twice the price, so buy it from us. Just be careful with it. 2 AA batteries, not included.
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27356 INSECT TERMINATOR |
Grow Your Own
Stop it, that's illegal. But a nice Spanish peanut bush isn't. Twice the fun of a Chia Pet", which you can't even eat. Soak this in water, put the little plastic cup on your desk and it sprouts in a few days, grows six inches in three weeks, and for months if transplanted outdoors. Comes with germinating and transplanting instructions and makes one or more peanut plants. Jimmy Carter may have started like this. Or maybe not.
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90050 NUT-BUSH |
Brace That Sapling
Our each is (10) pieces of 27" long x 1/16" dia steel wire with (10) pieces of black rubber hose 10-1/2" long x 9/16" OD x 3/8" ID to protect those tender saplings when you wrap the wire around their trunks to affix to stakes. You supply the stakes. And the saplings. (We can't do everything.) Would also make a nice collection of flexible pea shooters, with wire left over for croquet wickets.
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38099 HOSE & WIRE TIES |
Antediluvian Instrument
Get one before the flood-a 10" tall clear plastic rain gauge to hang on a wall (with 1/4" mounting holes, you supply the screws) or stick in the lawn on its stake-like bottom. Graduated up to 5" of rain in 0.1" increments, or 123mm in 2mm increments.
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92672 RAIN GAUGE |
Pyromaniac's Delight
Start fires with this heavy iron tray. Roughly 9" x 4" x 2" deep, it has a loop handle on each end, a fire brick inside, and "lid" that is mostly open but with bands to retain the brick. The instructions on the back say to pour kerosene or charcoal lighter over the brick, place it under your logs and fire away. Hook a chain onto a handle to pull the tray out of the ashes for reuse. We suggest you stick to kerosene and restrict use to big outdoor bonfires etc. lest you burn the house down. You will need to furnish a pair of nuts and bolts to secure the lid to the base.
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29989 FIRE STARTING TRAY |
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Feel Like A Prune?
You either need to hydrate more or get this good-quality set of anvil-style pruning shears. The Garden All will cut branches up to 1/2" thick, and has a 1-1/2" long heat-treated, coated blade; rubber-coated handle; spring-loaded jaws; and a safety latch. Measures 6-3/4" long OA.
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37454 GARDEN ALL, 1/2 |
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