A new super duty 6' bench cover fits my 20 year old potting bench well. The old, inexpensive cover was getting little holes in it after only a couple of years, so I stepped up to the "deluxe" cover from Gardener's Supply in Vermont. This one is very heavy vinyl. Of course that meant that I had to clean out the workbench and vac out all the spiders. Amazing how much junk you can accumulate in one season!
When the new location for Wild Birds Unlimited opened this month, I popped in to get a couple of things and they gave me a free mesh finch feeder, along with 2 pounds of Niger seed. They knew what they were doing, of course, because now I have to buy Niger seed as well as the seed for the big bird feeder! Sort of like getting a free cat!
I've had a couple of garden carts in my 40 plus year garden "career." But over time, they've fallen apart or proved to be less than handy. I had resorted to using our contractor wheelbarrow which defines unhandy and cumbersome. In fact, it has fallen on me or taken me over with it. The last time that happened, I left it lay, marched inside, got up the Gardener's Supply website and ordered this! I guess you could say I'd had it! $199 seemed better than a trip to the emergency room with cracked ribs. So in a short time (considering it came from snow bound Burlington, Vermont) and with the assembly help of my under-gardener, I can present this proper cart to you. Viola! as we say up here at Angel Crest Manor. (That's gardener speak for Voila!) It is wide, so I do have to be careful about the spoke hubs on the wheels. All the better not to be ramming about in the garden anyway!
