Gardening

Best Drip Irrigation Kits for Vegetable Beds

Hand-watering a productive vegetable garden in summer is two hours a day you don't have. Drip irrigation cuts that to…

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Best Garden Hoses (Kink-Free)

If you replace your garden hose every two years, you're buying the wrong hose. A good hose lasts a decade,…

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Best Garden Vacuums for Leaves

A leaf blower piles leaves up. A garden vacuum picks them up and shreds them in the same motion, turning…

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Best Mini Tillers for Raised Beds

A full-size rotary tiller is the wrong tool for a 1.2 m × 2.4 m raised bed — too heavy…

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Best Cordless Hedge Trimmers

Cordless hedge trimmers have all but replaced petrol for home use. Modern brushless 40–60V models cut as fast as the…

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Best Wood Chippers for Branches

If you've got a tree-lined property, a wood chipper turns the annual fallen-branch problem into a free supply of mulch.…

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Best Chainsaws for Cutting Firewood

Cutting your own firewood is one of the great satisfying jobs of country life — sawdust on your boots, the…

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Best Cordless Leaf Blowers

Petrol leaf blowers are loud enough to be banned in some Sydney councils and California cities. Cordless models have come…

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Best String Trimmers for Edging Lawns

A clean lawn edge is what makes a tidy yard look professional. The grass can be patchy and the beds…

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Best Self-Propelled Lawn Mowers for Hills

Pushing a mower up a slope is a workout. Doing it twice a fortnight is an injury. A self-propelled mower…

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