FEELING CHIPPER
Grind up your prunings yourself
Used to be, you had to save up or use a big tax refund to get a chipper-shredder to turn all your garden and tree prunings and trimmings into your own mulch. Now that most-lusted-after-and-dog-eared print catalog and online tool emporium, offers With a 15-amp motor and wheels for rolling around the yard, it accepts branches up to 1 inches in diameter. Comes with an extra set of blades and a push paddle for safety. $199, gardeners.com
COLANDER FOR THE YARD
Wash, rinse and repeat
We’re double-dipping to feature Gardener’s Supply’s because we’ve got drought on our minds. Use the colander to hold harvested root vegetables like beets or radishes or even mud-spattered lettuce. Then just plop the colander into a Tubtrug or any bucket, spray or scrub down your harvest and lift the colander out. Pour the water that’s left and the dissolved soil (plus any nice worms or spiders) right back into the garden instead of down your kitchen drain. It works for rinsing off tools, too. $12.95, gardeners.com
