GARDEN & YARD ITEMS

97.6% of the time a garage door is closed, which really makes it more of a wall that happens to occasionally move. So stick this clever garage door storage rack on it and maximize your space. Designed to mount on any standard 21” garage door panel and give you more room for brooms, mops, rakes, fishing poles or anything else you can fit in the (6) 1-15/16" circular holes, up to 10lbs per set. Of course, with only a little imagination you can install it on pretty much any wall or ceiling, and not just on your garage door. Includes all the mounting hardware you need. Overall they are 20.5" long x 7.25" high and will clear 3.5" wind load bars. With 5.5" to the center of the holes, you've got room for a plunger too!

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.

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.

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?

This handy little gray plastic bug zapper, shaped like a lantern, is powered by an internal battery that's rechargeable via a USB charging cable, included. Runs approximately 3 hours on a full charge, don't believe the claim on the box, which is long enough to roast an entire bag of marshmallows. Stands 11-1/2" tall x 6" wide x 1/2" thick and will stand on a 2-1/4" wide base or hang from a 3/16" loop on the top. Has (4) insect attracting UV LEDs above the deadly lattice-work center.

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.

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 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.

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+.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.