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No-Crank Hose reel system

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How many of you hate rewinding your hose when you’re done watering the lawn and garden? I know that I do.

We have one of those crank systems for our hose. The handle is low to ground which makes it hard on your back if you’ve been out in the garden for hours. Frankly I hate winding up the garden hose when I’m done puttering in the garden.

Good news. I’ve just been to a site that sells No-Crank hose reels. The rewinding of the hose is done using the power of water.

There’s a water-piston engine inside the No-crank hose reel casing and with the simple flip of a lever it begins to rewind the hose for you on it’s own. You don’t need to bend down and manual wind up your hose any more.

The No-Crank hose reel doesn’t use batteries or electricity either. If you’re interested in taking a look at the No-Crank system there are a number of different designs to suit your needs.






Groundcover for sun and shade

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I’ve been asked what kind of perennial flowering plants would grow well on a slope, and at the base of the slope in an area shaded by trees.
Groundcovers work well on slopes. If the slope is in a full sun area you could try planting St. John’s Wort (Hypericum), Vinca minor, Ajuga, Verbena, and Wintercreeper. In shady areas you might try Vinca, Ajuga, Wintercreeper, Cornus canadensis (Bunch Berry), Bergenia, and Lamium maculatum.

Prepare the planting area well by removing weeds and amending the soil with organic matter. The organic matter will help hold soil moisture, and act as a natural fertilizer for the plants too. You can also add organic mulch around the plants to keep the weeds down until the plants start to grow and spread.

Kaenon Polarized Sunglasses

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As gardeners we spend a lot of times outdoors in the bright sunlight. Do you wear sunglasses to protect your eyes when you are working in the garden? I hope you do since the suns rays that are so beneficial to our plants can be damaging to our eyes.

ADS Sports eyewear is an optician owned and run online company that specializes in the sale of eyewear. They carry quite a variety of polarized sunglasses, sports sunglasses, motorcycle glasses, prescription sunglasses, ski goggles and protective sports eyewear.

The lens that they use in many of their polarized sunglasses are Kaenon SR-91 polarized copper -12 lens. These lens cut glare more effectively than any other polarized lens material. It’s also a very durable material that is virtually indestructible. Think about it. These kinds of lens might come in handy not just to protect your eyes from the sun, but also to protect your eyes when some nasty thorny rose branches snap back at you.

Sports professionals are beginning to use Kaenon polarized lens. NY Mets Tom Glavin is pictured above wearing the Kaenon Kore sunglasses.

You can purchase Kaenon polarized sunglasses as well as prescription sunglasses using the SR-91 lens from ADS Sports Eyewear. You’ll get a free hard case for your sunglasses with every pair of Kaenons that you purchase.

ADS Sports Eyewear carries a wide range of sunglasses from the Kaenon sunglasses that I’ve discussed to Serengeti and other well known brand names. Visit the site and get some new sunglasses.

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