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Promising review: "I have several fruit trees (orange, lemon, tangerine, grapefruit, pomegranate, and persimmons) and so I decided to try out this colander/basket to make the job of collecting fruit a little easier. It does its job well and allows me to easily hose off the fruit after collection. I can’t fill it more than halfway with fruit, though, or else it gets too heavy. It’s also useful to tote the fruit to my workplace and share them with everyone." —Melody R.
Get it from Amazon for $13.89+ (available in four colors and two sizes).
Promising review (tape): "I have tried so many products and variations of trellis ties over the past five years and have finally found a product that I LOVE. Unlike its competitors, it stretches with the growth of the plant and does not cut into stems, branches, or tomatoes. I used it to support my container grown tomato plants and tied it along the stems and a bamboo stake. I also used it to support the tomato or cluster of tomatoes along the branch while it ripened. It supported ten tremendously without damaging the stem and ripping off the tomato (which commonly happens with other ties). I can't recommend this enough." —LJGBrooklyn
Get them from Amazon: the tape from Amazon for $6.90 and 25 stakes for $7.99.
Twist it onto your faucet (or faucet splitter as seen above), then screw in your hose and run out your sprinkler.
Promising review: "These things are awesome. I have several hooked up to my well and use them to control drip lines to a privacy hedge, a trellis, and several sprinklers. Extremely easy to program. The range of settings brings a large amount of versatility. I have one that's connected to a sprinkler I'm using to reseed a bare lawn spot run for two minutes every two hours. I've been running it for two months and it's still reading full battery. I have them in locations where they get wet and have had no problems with the seal. I have five and have had no problems so far." —Rebecca A Selgrade
Get it from Amazon for $29.99.
These provide a great drainage system and keep air circulating so roots can get oxygen. You can also crush them up and put them in soil to increase water retention. Just remember to rinse and soak properly before use. Here is what you can do with these bad boys: seed propagation, insulation from temperature fluctuations, terrarium drainage (put them below the soil of a pot with no drainage hole), and orchid rehab.
Get 2 pounds* from Amazon for $13.95.
*some reviewers note that they got less than 2 pounds in their order.
This gadget has two needles to ensure accuracy and doesn't require batteries. Just push it two to four inches into the ground and select what you want to test for.
Promising review: "This device is amazing. I bought it after my gardenia plant wasn't blooming. I came to realize that I was overwatering, and my plant never recovered. Since then, I’ve taken home two amaryllis plants from work that never ever grew. I replanted them and used this device to make sure that I was watering properly and my plants are thriving! It’s a real plant saver. I even got a monstera as well. And I should note, I usually don’t have a green thumb and kill plants easily!" —Roselle
Get it from Amazon for $15.99.
Get a pack of four from Amazon for $11.59.
Promising review: "Beautiful soap! Smells lovely and soaps have great lather. Packaging makes it perfect for gift giving!" —doctorsweettooth
Get it from pigeonriversoaps on Etsy for $7.50.
Promising review: "These are a lifesaver for someone like me with many plants. I LOVE self-watering apparatuses 🙌🏽 Most importantly, these were instrumental in helping me combat a gnat issue this past summer. One of my outdoor plants became infested with gnats. To prevent the spread, I had to cover the topsoil (of that plant and all of the nearby ones) in rocks. Due to the rocks, it was difficult to know when the plants needed water. Even worse, my poor moisture stick was struggling to get through the rocks and I was scared I was going to break it one day. Cue the watering globes to the rescue!!! *imagine superhero music right here*.
I didn’t have to worry about checking the soil at all thanks to these. I just watch the water level in the globe and refill when it’s been empty for an appropriate period of time (depending on the plant). It was also easy to squirt fertilizer into the globe periodically to feed my plants." —Dr. Mo
Get a pack of four from Amazon for $43.95.
Promising review: "I absolutely love these!! My watering globes arrived well packaged, and nothing was broken. They are so pretty, and I love the way they look in my plants. I’m not sure how long the water is going to last because I just got them this morning, but they are still pretty full. I will definitely be ordering more when I get more houseplants." —Arianna
Get them from Amazon for $17.88.
Get one from VHinteriorsMCR on Etsy for $10.35 (available in eight vegetables).
This clip-on handle will come in handy all year, as many reviewers say it's especially useful in the winter and makes shoveling snow so much easier.
Promising review: "I am using this on my long-handled garden tools, and it is definitely makes the digging/cultivating easier, and it helps my back. I highly recommend this!" —K. Buckner
Get it from Amazon for $9.84 (available in three colors).
Promising review: "I agree with all of the reviews; this product smells horrible but works amazing. I also agree, the worse it smells, the better it works. We have hung it amongst our garden, out of sight from the house. Everyone who came over for our latest barbecue commented in amazement about our lack of flies around the food. The traps were far enough away that the smell was minimal. I also did put out fresh traps before the barbecue to ensure a pleasurable experience for my guests, traps with the minimal amount of smell." —Jenn N.
Get it from Amazon for $4.99.
Promising review: "I bought it to keep the deer and rabbits out of my garden. It works!" —Eddie McElyea
Get 20 bars from Amazon for $15.80.
Promising review: "I have been tearing through garden beds with these. I love them and use them a lot. They have been amazing for picking out rocks and getting to roots that inhabited my beds. As a 30-year-old adult I catch myself making angry dinosaur noises as I bury the claws in the dirt and pull up. Gosh darn, I love these these gloves. They are also amazing when you get that one itch you always get when you have gloves on...they make a great scratching tool LOL." —Toxic Fox Designs
Get them from Amazon for $8.99+ (available in three colors and as multipack).
Promising review: "We have a very large wooded property that requires a lot of leaf and sticks to be raked up. We have tried various brands of leaf scoops but most lasted not even one season. Since purchasing the ReLeaf Leaf Scoops are job has been much easier. First of all is the way your hands grasp the scoops. These are much more ergonomic and are actually like extensions of your own hands. Second, these are very sturdy and do not bend when trying to pick up a pile of sticks and debris. We have made it through the season so far without issue. Next will be the dreaded fall cleanup. I highly recommend the ReLeaf Leaf Scoops which make our yard, woods and garden cleanup easier." —trouble54
Get a pair from Amazon for $24.95.
Promising review: "Not only do these things work great to keep produce fresh longer, I wanted to review how it works as plant food. I swear my ivy plant looks like those stupid Miracle Grow commercials, the leaves are double in size. I love that there's zero waste with these, but I can't believe the effect it had on my plant. I posted a before and after so you can see just how much bigger the leaves are — not all of the growth is attributable to the food." —AliceL
Get two from Amazon for $11.99.
Get it from SteelToedMagnolias on Etsy for $7 (available in seven colors).
Promising review: "I was tired of fighting with our old, heavy 50 foot rubber hose and found I just avoided using it. So far, this one seems to be perfect for my needs: easy to move around, lightweight, and easy to store." —Kahni H.
Get it from Amazon for $49.99+ (available in three sizes and seven colors).
The kit comes with seeds for Mexican sunflowers, verbena, lemon bergamot, cosmos, celosia, and zinnias. There are six seed packets, peat pots, peat pellets, and wooden plant tags.
Get it from MountainlilyFarm on Etsy for $27.95.
Promising review: "I have used these before. It makes for a lot less work and weight in large planters. They work great in allowing for drainage especially for large ceramic planters that do not have drainage holes. This way the water is in the bottom and can evaporate. However, in areas with heavy rain, I would still try and drill drainage holes if possible without cracking the planter."—Peggy
Get it from Target for $6.89+ (available in seven sizes).
It comes with a knife, sheath, and a sharpening tool.
Promising review: "Although the blade is no where near razor sharp it does extremely well at sliding into stubborn root systems. You can then pop the weed right out of the ground, scooping it up by the root system. The serrated side of the blade's great for cutting away thicker wood roots. This knife also does a decent job at chopping up old dead plants pulled from pots left out all winter long. I chopped up 14 dead houseplants' root system and all, then threw the pieces into my compost pile. I feel that this knife has been abused far more than any other knife I own, but the metal and wood work hold up well." —Chastin L
Get it from Amazon for $25.
Promising review: "Oh my god, I friggin' love this tool. I bought this on a whim given we bought our first house and know nothing about caring for a yard. Boy has it come in handy. Our new house had a ton of weeds in the front yard and this tool helped me get most of them out in no time. In fact, the process of yanking out the weed was strangely satisfying! I don't think anyone can say that weeding is fun but this tool made it as close to fun as you can get, especially when you see a long root along with the weed you pulled." —JG
Get it from Amazon for $44.95.
Promising review: "Love this thing! I have been gardening for a while and this takes all of the guess work out of spacing. I used this for the first time this Spring using the planting chart/guide and it has worked out perfectly. I have had little to no weeds (I mean come on, you're gonna get some weeds). Planting per the Seed Square will for the most part choke out the weeds, while promoting growth for the plants. I even used this to plant growing plants and not just seeds. Just put the square on the ground used the stick to mark the spot and dug a hole where it was marked. Simple enough. Would highly recommend. Super easy!" —Jennifer Geisel
Get it from Amazon for $25.95.
Promising review: "I had no trouble putting it together; the instructions are straightforward. Have had it for a few weeks now and it seems good so far. I don't have any soil yet, it's still baking, and I've got some flies and other buggies, but I think that's more about what I'm putting in there than it is the composter. I expect any compost has some of that. It does smell, but it doesn't smell bad really, just musky. I have it pretty close to my side door, and I can smell it when I walk out even with the lid closed, but it isn't too bothersome. We even leave the door open a lot and it doesn't waft into the house."—Texas Heat
Get it from Target for $159.99.
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Get it from Holistic Habitat for $25.
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