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This Canopy Chair would make a fantastic gift

by Tricia

If you’re still doing your holiday shopping for that special someone I might have a fantastic gift idea for you.

It’s the Canopy Chair by Renetto. This is a brand new type of outdoor chair that’s just come on the market so there’s little chance that your friends or family will already have one.

The Canopy chair is basically an Outdoor Chair that includes a canopy that will protect you from the hot sun when sitting in the chair. It’s a very well designed outdoor chair. Every single feature has been made with the users comfort and convenience in mind.

It’s a portable chair with a canopy that turns into a backpack for easy carrying.

The very best way to tell you about the chair is to simply show it to you:

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As you can see it’s made of water proof material, a sturdy yet light frame, and heavy fabric to give the person seated in the chair good support.

The seat is oversize so it’s bound to be comfortable for just about anyone to sit in, and there’s a beverage holder on each of the chairs arm so lefties and right handed folks will be be able to choose where to place their drinks. I’m a lefty myself and I prefer chairs with two holders as the ones with only a single beverage holder tend to have them on the right.

When the chair is folded into a backpack you’ll discover that it has comfort padded shoulder straps. If you take this chair with you when you’re camping or on a long hike I’m sure the padded shoulder straps will be appreciated.

Here’s an example of how easy it is to fold up:

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I think this chair would make an ideal gift for anyone who enjoys spending time outdoors.

The Canopy Chair would be ideal to bring to sporting events, outdoor family gatherings, picnics, barbecues, used as extra seating in your backyard garden and of course it would be a perfect Camping Chair for those who enjoy getting away for the weekend to the great outdoors.

I’m sure you can think of even more uses for this innovative chair. It’s affordable and comes in five colors. Visit the site to learn more about the Canopy Chair and perhaps purchase one for yourself or as a gift for someone special.






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Camping in a remote area? Rent gear and a Satellite phone

by Tricia

This is a long weekend here in Canada. We call it the Victoria Day Weekend as we honor Queen Victoria’s Birthday.

This weekend often falls close to May 24th, so we’ve come to traditionally call this weekend the May 24. It’s not this year, but that’s what we call it. Why? Well, the May 2 4 is usually one of the first long weekends of the year. Certainly it’s often the first long weekend when the weather is nice enough to go up to our cottages or go camping. The 2 4 part comes in because well, we are Canadian after all and Canadians like their beer. A case of beer here contains 24 bottles or cans. Hence the May 2 4 weekend. A time of camping and fun!

Almost all my life I’ve been one of the people who traditionally either go up to the cottage or go camping on this weekend. This year we won’t be doing that, but I’d love to have made plans to go camping as I just love it.

If we were going camping I think we’d have to replace some of our gear, or perhaps rent some gear.

If you enjoy camping but haven’t been for a while because you don’t have a tent, backpacks, sleeping bags, cooking equipment or other camping related gear you can always visit Lowergear.com and check out their camping and GPS rentals. You can rent everything you need from Lowergear.

There’s actually several benefits to renting camping equipment that I can think of. If you don’t go camping very often you might not want to buy a bunch of camping gear and have to store it in the off season only to pull it all out once a year or even less often. This might be especially true if you live in a condo or apartment, or even a small 1920’s house like ours that doesn’t have much storage space.

Camping gear can be really expensive and if you aren’t using it- why buy it when you can rent it. Wouldn’t it be awful to buy say $1000 worth of camping gear, store it in a basement or garage and then when you do need to use it find that it’s been either water damaged or chewed and damaged by mice.

Now, we have most of the camping gear that we’d ever need – including a pop up trailer! However, if we were going in a remote area with tents and backpacks it sure would be nice to have GPS gear or even a satellite phone. That would up the safety factor that much more.

If you are an avid camper and thinking of purchasing a high tech piece of camping equipment, but you aren’t all that sure that it would suit your needs you could rent the gear from Lowergear.com and basically give it a try before you buy.

Check out the Lowergear.com site. You’ll be surprised at just how high tech the gear is, and at the wide selection too.

If you are going camping this weekend – Be Safe!

Filed Under: In The Garden Tagged With: backpack, camping, camping rentals, cooking equipment, flashlight, gear, GPS, GPS rentals, hiker pump water filter, lantern, lowergear.com, satellite phone, sleeping bags, tent

Gardeners who camp

by Tricia

As a child my family always went on camping trips – in fact that was often a regular form of summer family vacation for us. We also had a cottage that we went to almost every weekend between late March and mid November each year.

Through these activities I grew to love nature and wildlife. As a kid I think I was pretty good in the car. I entertained myself quite a bit by simply looking at the scenery passing by, seeing what wild animals I could spot standing at the edge of the forest and watching the hawks circling in the sky.

My dad was quite the fisherman. When we’d be driving through the country sight-seeing we’d often stop at the side of the road to visit a nice looking stream or creek where he’d eagerly set up his fishing gear and fish for a while. My mom enjoyed fishing as well, and since I was with the two of them I got to fish too, but it wasn’t my favorite thing in the world to do. I don’t know how many times I caught myself with the fishing hook. I’m a major klutz to begin with, so I guess that might explain how I got a hook in the lip once … and ended up squirting myself in the eye with mosquito repellent too! I’m sure that was the same trip.

My parents always carried pocket knives with them when we went on these trips. They came in handy for cutting fishing line that was caught up in trees, or tangled around me! LOL

My Dad actually had few types of knives that he would bring along whenever fishing might be involved. I can remember that he had a few very interesting fishing or filleting knives that he used to clean the fish and I believe he might have had a bowie knife as well since they are great for campers.

We had a creek near our cottage that my father used to spend a lot of time fishing at, but the best place to go fishing, hiking or sight seeing in the area was the Madawaska River. My parents would drive down an old dirt road that got narrower and narrower then it would end. We’d walk about a mile through a wilderness trail to one of the best fishing spots that my dad knew of.

My parents would get busy trying to catch Pike and Bass and I’d hunt along the sides of the river for turtles, frogs and salamanders. Yes this is how my love of reptiles and amphibians came to be. I’d also play with buttercups getting the yellow pollen all over me, or pick Indian Paintbrush and wonder if they really used the flower as a paint brush or not. Lily pads and their flowers always fascinated me when I saw them on a body of water. Perhaps that is why I enjoy growing so many different types of lilies now?

I can remember one time as we walked down the trail my parents suddenly stopped short. They’d reached a pile of very fresh looking bear droppings. We were all silent for a moment as we looked around us, then we carefully turned and headed back for the car. There would be no fishing that day!

I’d say that the majority of my childhood trips were like this – either day fishing trips in our cottage area, or on our summer vacations we’d camp in tents or eventually a pop up trailer, and spend time as a family sightseeing, hiking, and fishing.

Did you camp or hike often as a child? Do you feel that some of your experiences with nature as a child contributed to your current interest in gardening?

Filed Under: Garden Buzz, Recreation Tagged With: camping, fishing, Garden Buzz, hiking, pocket knife


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