Garden Tools & Supplies

A sub-irrigation system basically refers to a container irrigated by a pipe that extends to the bottom of the container where a reservoir is located. The reservoir is filled by pouring water into...

It is relatively simple to make a homemade T-post driver. It is basically a piece of pipe that slides up and down the T-post, two handles to hold on to, and a heavy steel plate at the top of the...

Every vegetable or flower garden needs compost added to it in order for plants to grow successfully. Kitchen scraps and garden snippings can easily be converted to compost for next year's garden...

Seeding a garden, especially a large one, can be satisfying work, but also back-breaking. The constant up-and-down stooping over a garden row, or kneeling constantly in the dirt and crawling over...

Leapin’ lizards Batman! You mean in addition to having to rake all those leaves from the yard we have to rake the roof too? That’s right Robin lad. If you have a barn, tool shed, equipment or...

Perhaps your old garden hose spigot drips when it's turned off, squeaks when you turn the knob or the knob is just missing. It may be time for a new spigot, and replacing the old one will make a...

Grow your garden in a protected greenhouse environment. Many plants thrive when protected from ultraviolet rays and exposed to warmth and humidity. Whether you grow flowers for fun or cultivate...

Using purple PVC (polyvinyl chloride) primer and cement is very easy to do. PVC surfaces must be clean in order for the primer to effectively prepare the PVC pipe and fittings for cement. Purple...

An outdoor freezeproof faucet is ideal if you live in a region where temperatures are often below freezing during the colder months of the year. Freezeproof faucets are more resistant to rust than...

Landscape maintenance is a chore, no way around it. Keeping a beautifully manicured lawn takes a lot of work and the right tools. Getting a nice, tight cut on your grass without leaving scalp...

If you have been gardening for years or everyone says you have a green thumb, then you can use that thumb to put green in your pocket. Just look at your local supermarket or nursery, where...

Greenhouses as we know them have been around since the Italian botanical gardens were built at the Vatican in the 13th century to preserve tropical plants. These early greenhouses were expensive...

Composting is a great way to do something for the environment and save you money on fertilizer at the same time. There are many variations in designs, however most employ one of two basic...

For small spaces and rooftop gardens, a raised bed is an ideal location for growing flowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables. But the container aspects of a raised bed can make the plants grown...

A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe greenhouse plan is a quick, easy and inexpensive way for do-it-yourself gardeners to build a greenhouse in their yards. PVC greenhouses use materials that are...

PVC pipe has many uses in the garden. From small to large, projects are available for just about anything. PVC pipe is plastic pipe used in plumbing. Due to its durability, PVC pipe withstands the...

This article will show modifications to a commercially available dandelion puller which doesn't work very well, into a really effective all around weed puller.

It can get aggravating to constantly have to move the water sprinkler around to get everything watered in a vegetable or flower garden. A portable water sprinkler system is an ideal solution to...

I got really tired of having to bend over again and again to place a little shot of granular fertilizer around my raised bed veggies, so I came up with an amazingly easy to make “fertilizer...

Constructing a garden trellis from plastic pipe is an attractive way for showcasing climbing vegetation. Using ½-inch diameter CPVC makes the trellis lightweight and easily adaptable to any...

A driven well is a well dug using a specialized head called a Driven Well Point. This is head also known as a sandy point to a lesser degree. Driven wells are common in parts of the world with...

Hedge catchers have consisted of loosely placed sheets or heavy tarps that are difficult to place and impossible to control. Using a hedge catcher makes trimmings cleanup a breeze. Building a...

This how I built a dolly to help move my trailors around insted of using the truck or tractor and saving on fuel.

A drip irrigation system can be made very easily. This How-To is How to Build a cheap drip irrigation system.

Building a greenhouse geodesic dome is time consuming but not too difficult if you take accurate measurements and have a generous workspace. You need at least one assistant to help with the...