by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
The other day the Press Preview copy of the latest Lakeland catalog, the Late Spring 2010, dropped onto my doormat and this included the Garden Catalog “grow, cook, enjoy”.
This Lakeland catalog is full of interesting products, some new to Lakeland and even new to the UK, for you to get the most out of your garden with regards to “grow, cook and enjoy”, from growing produce and also flowers to al fresco living.
Once again this catalog comes with a little packet of leaf salad seeds, like last year, and those that used them last year will, now doubt, agree with me that those leaves were great.
Some of my great loves of “gadgets”, for lack of a better word, that convert empty plastic drinks bottles into useful things, such as small watering cans, plant waterers, bird feeders, etc., have also arrived in that catalog and many of them new to Lakeland and to the UK even.
The Bird Feeder that I have reviewed already, that turns a soda bottle into a feeder for garden birds could, possibly, also be used to feed and water (required then two, obviously) for chickens.
When i was doing the review on the Bird Feeder I was wondering as to other “gadgets” that convert plastic bottles and Lakeland now is bring many of those to us in this catalog.
The Lakeland Garden Buyers have really outdone themselves this year, for sure, for this catalog, and this with regards to tools, seeds and other specials things for the “grow your own food” sector.
Amongst the great products in the Lakeland Garden Catalog for this Spring there is a great Thingamadig Trowel that is the best trowel that I have ever used. It works like an extension of you hand, as, theoretically, it would be used the way the way you would dig with your hand, pulling it towards you.
In addition to the trowel Lakeland now brings us its cousin, the Thingamadig Hand Hoe, based on a traditional Japanese hand hoe design.
Then there are the cold frames, including one wooden framed one at a very good price, and cloches and similar of a variety of designs.
In short, nigh on everything garden is covered in this catalog bar your larger greenhouses, for instance.
While I have only looked at the Lakeland Garden Catalog the general Late Spring 2010 catalog is choc-a-bloc with great products as well for your kitchen and your home and is definitely worth a very good and thorough perusal.
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