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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.






The birds are back

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We have birds that stick around year round but I don’t see them in large groups or all that often through the winter.

Yes, a few birds each day in the winter months is a normal sighting, but now that Spring is approaching and the snow has melted the birds are hanging out in our garden again.

I didn’t realize how much I missed seeing 10 or 20 birds sitting on my laundry line, or scattered throughout the yard perhaps hunting the garden beds and grass for signs of earthworms or other interesting food items.

Luckily I haven’t see too many squirrels yet. I imagine that they’ll be digging in my garden beds soon too. Either looking for nuts and other goodies that they buried in the past or hiding new goodies.

Have you noticed more wildlife in your garden now that the weather is getting better?

Coupons for garden merchants at Coupon Chief

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Did you know that CouponChief.com lists a number of well known stores – more than 1000 I believe, where you can find coupon codes to use at the many stores listed in their directory to save money on anything from the product itself, a percentage discount on your purchase or even for free shipping?

Browsing the CouponChief site earlier today I was pleased to discover that they have a few gardening related merchants listed.

I found listings for Spring Hill Nursery coupon deals that would give you $25 off purchases off $50 or more, and I also found a deal for Spring Hill Nursery’s one cent sale.

Among the other garden related merchants I found a deal for $20 off purchases of $50 or more using a Michigan Bulb coupon. There are several other home and garden related merchants listed at Coupon Chief.

I didn’t go through all of the garden related merchants to find out what deals they are offering. However, if the two that I’ve told you about are any indication you might want to scoot over there and check out the deals on your own if you are thinking of buying some gardening products now that Spring has arrived and the gardening season is just about ready to start up again.

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