Garden Gadgets

Leatherman (you know them, you love them!) have developed a new batch of tools.

The New Vista for hunters, with a pruning shear up front (rather than the pliers).

They’ve also got the new Hybrid, which has a sweet array of tools such as (ok, it’s exactly,,):

Bypass Pruners,Wire Cutters,Weed Remover, Grafting Knife, Bark Lifter, Phillips Screwdriver,Saw
Flat Screwdriver, Sprinkler Tool, Bottle Opener, Ruler, Nylon Sheath, Non-Slip Handle.

Quite frankly I was hoping there would be some sort of bulb planter/coring tool, (for sampling earth). Then again I guess that’d be the soil scientist’s Leatherman (are you listening Leatherman?) Read the rest of this entry »

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I am some what the typical bloke when it comes to the good old BBQ. I’m more than happy to supply friends and family with charred offerings but when it comes to cleaning the grill I’m gone. Then again if I had one of these that may be a different story, the motorized grill brush.

I’m not sure how the gadget would cope with my ex-PC BBQ but it’s got to be easier than manual washing and probably a tad more hygienic than just burning the grime off as I normally do.

You can get your own motorized grill brush from Brookstone for $25.00.

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The Rain Gauge looks just like an ordinary alarm clock but it’s actually a gadget that can capture raindrops to monitor the rainfall, a dream come true to any amateur meteorologists out there.
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IRobot’s patented intelligent cleaning technology now has olympic size dreams with it’s new Verro Poolbot. Promising to automatically clean and entire pool from floor to waterline, the Verro uses the same artificial intelligence as their popular Rooma and Scooba models, plus the standard tools used by manual pool vacs. The result is a clean and filtered pool in a little over an hour.
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Leave it to the British to create the world’s only garden tool inspired by Satan. Union Jack Stable & Garden’s Unifork combines the scooping action of a shovel with the penetration; I said penetration, of the fork. The Unifork is made from high-grade polypropylene under the guidance of some weird British standards.
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If “An Inconvenient Truth” got you thinking about putting a solar panel or wind generator in every corner of your life, here’s one place to start. Tammock Trading and Marketing, a Swiss company, has invented the first, powerful solar-powered backyard grill.
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If you want to keep up with the Joneses and even go one up on them, why not pick up these Solar Garden Spotlights that resemble a rock until you realize that there is a huge spotlight attached to each of them, putting vampires and other creatures of the night to flight the moment they are faced with its immense brightness. Having all that sunlight beat down on your lawn during the day without utilizing its power is such a waste, which is why these Solar Garden Spotlights actually feature rechargeable batteries that are charged by the sun. Using natural, renewable energy not only helps you save on your power bill, it also helps keep the lawn neat and tidy without fear or worry of tripping over nasty power cables.

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Spring might have just arrived, but what most of us look forward to is the summer. After all, who wouldn’t want longer days and more sunlight to bathe in, while children absolutely love the long break for them to roll around the hills stay up to pace with their computer games. As with sunbathing, holding a BBQ cookout is synonymous with summer activities, which is why those of you who do not yet have a grill ought to seriously consider the Memphis Barbecue. What’s the reason behind this, you ask? Aren’t all BBQ grills the same? Apparently not as the Memphis proves, boasting MP3 playback capability via a hidden speaker located at the cooker’s front panel.

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