Cold Climate Gardening » Tools and Equipment

If you have a large garden, consider a broadfork when you're writing up your wishlist. A broadfork is a multi-purpose tool that tackles big jobs but is easy on your back. Follow the link to learn...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2021/12/06/have-you-considered-a-broadfork/

I am so pleased to get both of these chores done--in the same week, no less--that I just had to share it with you.

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2020/04/05/this-week-only-both-garden-work-areas-tidy/

Two tools I got this year really saved my bacon. They just made the job at hand so much easier, and a couple of projects I thought were going to take weeks only took a few days. Oh, yeah, and I m...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2017/12/15/my-favorite-new-garden-tools-of-2017/

If you want to enjoy those last days of gardening before the soil either freezes over or gets buried in snow, you need to have "adequate clothing"--clothing you might not immediately think of as ...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2017/12/01/there-is-no-bad-weather-only-inadequate-clothing/

Ever since I realized that the National Weather Service at our local airport under-reported both the lows and the highs at our first house, ever since I discovered we were a lot more likely to ha...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2015/04/23/a-dream-come-true-my-new-weather-station/

I had heard a lot about the AeroGarden, so when I was offered an opportunity to review one, I gladly accepted. The AeroGarden, for those of you not already familiar with it, is an automated hydro...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2014/12/26/is-there-an-aerogarden-in-your-future/

The last time you went shopping for a garden hose, were you bewildered by all the choices? Did you wonder if the claims about durability and not kinking were really true? At the Garden2Blog event...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2014/08/21/why-your-next-garden-hose-should-be-flexzilla/

The label pictured above sealed the box that my new Duluth Trading pants came in. Duluth Trading gave me a kick in the pants–metaphorically speaking. But they did give me the actual pants. Abou...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2014/04/16/duluth-trading-gave-me-a-kick-in-the-pants/

Flannel shirts have been around for ages, but have you ever tried to do stuff in one? Ever try to reach for that last weed without stepping in the bed, and feel your flannel shirt holding you bac...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2013/11/21/a-better-flannel-shirt-for-active-people-review/

My family has long been fans of Duluth Trading clothes. To show you what I mean, take a look at the photo below, which is a slightly more zoomed-in version of the one in this front walk post: The...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2013/10/10/duluth-trading-armachillo-clothing-review/