GARDEN & YARD ITEMS

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. We've seen these in other catalogs for about twice the price, so buy it from us.  2 AA batteries, not included.

Cut your own. Our each is 16 feet of black flexible wire coated with 3/16" dia soft rubber, ready for you to snip off for your heavy-duty, padded twist-tie needs. Very nice stuff. Reusable. We're thinking cable bundling, sports equipments, tools, hoses, like that.

This 16" long x 7" insulated drawstring cooler bag was originally intended as an outdoor faucet socket in frigid climates. Made by 3M it uses their Thinsulate™ technology to keep out the warm or cold. Because of it's size, we think it makes a great cooler bag for the beach, camping, office, school...should we continue? Fits plenty of beverages at a time and how about a sandwich, chips and thermos. Wow, who knew?

Winter is near so protect your air conditioner or patio furniture against the elements with this heavy duty, reinforced, grey plastic cover. Measures 34" x 34" x 30" and is square square. Includes a 72" elastic strap with a clasp to keep pesky winds from blowing it off and into the neighbors yard. 

And measure the results with this angelic rain gauge. This polyresin angel looks to be a young seraph or aging cherub (call it a teen angel), and is embracing a 1” dia x 5-1/2” tall plastic test tube marked to measure rainfall up to 4” in 1/4” increments and 10cm in 1mm increments. Even when it’s not measuring precipitation, it’s still an angel outside your house.

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe—catch a tiger by the toe. But wasps’ toes are too small, so you’ll need this solar-powered wasp catcher. It’s a clear jar, approx 3-3/4” dia, with a screw-on lid and handle to hang it. Pour some sugar water, soda pop or beer in it, and watch wasps enter through the (2) holes on the sides. At night you can flip the switch and attract insects in with the blue light the solar panel powers. Unit is waterproof, non-toxic and reusable. Can also be placed on a flat surface. No chemicals or poison, and it’s not limited to wasps. Your insects will be gone.

…deep in the Black Forest, there was a mad serial killer ogre who buried his gnomic victims up to their necks and let the squirrels nibble them to death. Now you can display this Grimmer Brothers’ tale in your own backyard. The ceramic gnomes’ heads are, like gnomes themselves, diminutive, at 5” x 4” x 3-1/2”.

The budding home scientist and horticulturist will both delight in the ease with which this self-contained soil test kit brings discovery. The kit measures not only ph., but also Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash content and contains material for 40 tests. Since these are the essential ingredients affecting plant nutrition, we see a science project in the making: experimental plant growth in soils with different amounts of acidity and/or nutrients. From Luster Leaf(tm), the kit is entirely self-contained and includes complete instructions for use and explanations. Be careful, please, the kit does have chemicals and should not be used by young children without supervision.

Our hand-held steel hedge shears have a limb notch and 8" blades. Measure 20-1/2" overall. There might be a little rust on the shears, but the comfy rubber hand-grips, like the ones on classic bicycles, will make you forget all about that rust. So will the nice action and our price. Remember, summer is coming.

The terracotta cottage went out of business and we picked up a profusion of porous pottery, a cornucopia of carved clay containers. So, we're selling them for the price of pretty plain pots. You pick: the 5” tall sun vase with a pitcher handle; or the 5” tall sun urn with two handles.

Grow a beautiful garden full of plants that love your soil! It's easy if you know your soil's pH, and we have a gauge to help you! Stick the probe into moist soil for the pH to register in a separate 4" x 2" x 1" gauge box on the end of a 26 inch cord. That lets you read the gauge without having to lay on the bug and worm covered ground to see it! A needle indicates the pH on a scale of 3.5-9, and you get a list of which plants like which pH levels.

A unique twofer, this combination camping lantern and bug zapper is powered by an internal lithium battery. Has a shielded micro-USB charge port and a 23” charging cord. Main LED light has low, medium and high modes in a 1-3/8” dia frosted lens inside a 3” dia silicone gasket for rainproofiness. Bug zapper grid is 600V with a UV LED, and the combo can stand free or hang from a folding hook. Rated for 2-6 or 4-20 hours depending on mode. The whole shebang measures 4-3/4" x 3-3/8".

This is such a nice little set of (3) galvanized metal pots with a matching tray that we’re sure it’ll galvanize some Surpies into growing plants. A pair of the pots measure 4-1/4" tall with a 4" square x 7/8" lip and a 3" square body tapering down to a 2-1/4" square base; and (1) pot measures 4-1/2" tall with a 4" square x 7/8" lip and a 3" square bodying tapering down to a 2-1/4" square base. The pots don’t have drain holes, and the tray measures 11-3/4" x 3-3/8" x 7/8". If you don’t have a green thumb, use this set for some other craft application. You’ll think of something clever. You always do.

In a world with endless coloring books, now comes the first coloring pot. The 4-1/4” dia x 3-3/4” tall pot is clear plastic with a white plastic pot nested inside it. Comes with (3) inserts ready to color: a flower/butterfly motif; frog/turtle/bugs scene; and a bees/butterfly/flower version. Use these or trace the paper shape and make your own. The pot has no drainage, so maybe make some paper flowers to put in it. For ages 3+.

before we dip our tongues into it. You might want to, too. Try Watersafe® Well-Water Test Kit, a robust 10 parameter, single-use kit made for testing city water or well-water. Contains tests that will detect lead, coliform bacteria, pesticides, nitrates, iron, nitrites, pH, chlorine, copper and hardness. Includes an instruction manual and EPA drinking water standards. Easy to use, with your water quality results on the spot.

Step on a rake one time and you’ll know why gardeners don’t leave their tools lying in the grass. Our portable garden tool stand with canvas pouch will keep all your tools up and at the ready. Secure it by stepping on its pegs and pushing it into the ground, just like you’d do with a shovel. It’ll keep all your long-handled implements vertical, and you can easily move it with you, which means the tools you put in the pouch will always be within reach. Measures 17" wide x 35" tall, and the roomy pouch attaches at the top. Use that for hand tools, gloves, seeds or what have you. Simple assembly required, and instructions included. Slotted screwdriver and pliers are all you’ll need. Then, you can store them in the pouch.

Help out people trying to find your house, even at night, with these solar-powered light-up house numbers. Each unit comes with (10) numbers—unsurprisingly 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9—and you'll need one unit for each number in your address. Units are approx 6-1/2” tall x 2-1/2” wide x 1/2” thick. They charge all day and glow all night, with no bulbs to replace. Included rechargeable batteries store 1000 hours of energy and will recharge 3000 times. Numbers are visible up to 100 feet. Install them on your house, mailbox, business, garage or fence with (2) screws, also included.

The Woof & Paw Rake and Bin Pooper Scooper set is so nice, so sturdy, it might make you want to get a dog just so you can clean up after it. Extending handles click into place on the rake and bin, extending from 20" long closed to 3 feet fully extended. Bin is 6-1/4" wide x 6-3/4" deep with 3 walls 2-1/2" high. Rake has 9 metal tines spread across 6-1/4". Scooping poop will never be as enjoyable as it is with these tools.