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Jack Flanders · 01-01-2006, 04:08 PM

WOW!!! It sounds absolutely wonderful. You are going to be very busy. If I lived closer, I'd offer to come by and give you some help. Some essential gardening tools to buy are spades - not shovels - a curved bottom and a squared bottom. Spend a little money on these because you'll be using them a lot and the better the quality the easier they are to resharpen and they will last longer. You need pruners: hand, long handled and a long poled tree-saw with a rope controled pruner. Short pruning saws are good for the low branches on the trees and thick branches on the mature shrubs. In the spring look for used wheelbarrows or garden carts (my favorite) at garage sales or through the local newspaper. And most importantly, start a couple of compost piles: one for your organic scraps from the house (no meat or dairy products) adding grass clippings and raked leaves and another with small branches and other yard debris.

I don't know how much time you have to spare, but many communities have mini classes on home landscaping to get you started. I took our county's 20 week Master Gardener course a few years ago and am still involved with program. I love gardening and it sounds like you're going to enjoy it too!!! Let me know if you have any questions. Oh, yah, buying and reading landscaping books are fun, too!

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01-01-2006, 04:08 PM	#19
Jack Flanders landscaping is fun Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: up river and down river Posts: 4,815	WOW!!! It sounds absolutely wonderful. You are going to be very busy. If I lived closer, I'd offer to come by and give you some help. Some essential gardening tools to buy are spades - not shovels - a curved bottom and a squared bottom. Spend a little money on these because you'll be using them a lot and the better the quality the easier they are to resharpen and they will last longer. You need pruners: hand, long handled and a long poled tree-saw with a rope controled pruner. Short pruning saws are good for the low branches on the trees and thick branches on the mature shrubs. In the spring look for used wheelbarrows or garden carts (my favorite) at garage sales or through the local newspaper. And most importantly, start a couple of compost piles: one for your organic scraps from the house (no meat or dairy products) adding grass clippings and raked leaves and another with small branches and other yard debris. I don't know how much time you have to spare, but many communities have mini classes on home landscaping to get you started. I took our county's 20 week Master Gardener course a few years ago and am still involved with program. I love gardening and it sounds like you're going to enjoy it too!!! Let me know if you have any questions. Oh, yah, buying and reading landscaping books are fun, too!