Backpack Blower Reviews

Cons: A small plow truck (or an ATV/UTV with a snow plow attachment ) might have trouble moving large amounts of wet, heavy snow, in which case a slow, methodical snow blower has the advantage.

Where I live, in the upper Midwest, the end of February and early March tend to bring warmer weather, and with the warmer weather comes snow (lots of snow!), which promptly starts to melt in the heat of the sun.

The volume of a chainsaw in action can be greater than 100 decibels, enough to cause hearing damage in a short amount of time. They're large enough to fit right over my ears, making them comfortable to wear for long periods of time, and they're remarkably...

Each entry also has a list of related edible species and poisonous look-alikes.The book contains charts for jam and jelly making, since many commercial cookbooks fail to include instructions for fruits such as buffaloberry or rose hips.This handy little...

Because some ATVs or UTVs lack PTO systems—and therefore can't supply power to an attachment—some snowblowers of this variety come with their own engines that ride on the back hitch of an ATV or sit in the bed of a UTV.

For best results, however, use seeds during the first or second year.Fill a biodegradable container with a mixture of sand, vermiculite and peat moss.Put a pinch of seed on top of the planting medium, then cover the seeds with a patch of cheesecloth or...

We may take a machete just in case we have to clean the base of the trees and to remove dead limbs or branches in the way; a folding pruning saw will come in handy. There are various reasons to ascend trees, eithergathering fruits or seeds, observing...

Tar spot forms yellow spots on the leaves in early summer. Spray with permethrin when the scales first appear and repeat every 10 days.The roots of Autumn Blaze, like its parent silver maple, lack the ability to adequately stabilize iron in the soil,...

California remains one of the world's leading producers of these dried fruits, making up half of global prune production today.Considering their small amount of calories (there are about 100 calories in five prunes), dried plums are dense in nutrients.

Identify or Create Firebreaks You want the fire to do its work in a defined area with boundaries on every side. Watch the Weather Burns can get out of control if the humidity is less than 50 percent, the temperature is above 80 degrees or the wind speed...

Talk about green options for back-to-school transportation. Buy recycled school supplies. Go through last year's school supplies to see which items can be used again this year. Choose school supplies with as little packaging as possible (30 percent of...

An entire stand of creeping myrtle may die in several weeks. Do this in July and October two years in a row. When the spreading mat jumps cultivation, it forms dense mats on forest floors, crowding out other plants.

The only single application treatment is with dimethoate. What are rosette bud mites and what methods of rosette bud mite control are there for the grower? Practice good fertilization and shearing the trees early.

Whether it's spring or fall, cleaning up fallen leaves can be time-consuming and strenuous; consider these tools to save time and energy. I find it useful to have several rakes on hand, including a couple of slightly different types.

Attempting to pull or dig it up is difficult to impossible because its rhizomes spread in the top 12 inches of soil. Dry molasses is liquid molasses sprayed on bits of soy meal. Reapply the dry molasses once or twice a month, which should lead to some...

Don't ask me why we decided to take on re-carpeting the house before Christmas (as if the holidays weren't hectic enough!). Don't even get me started on our outside farm stuff. ~ Cherie « More Country Discovery »

Ticks are present in grass, leaves and weeds. Fleas and ticks soon leave an area scented with lavender. They lay in wait for an animal or human host. The mixture can be used on dogs, cats, horses and humans.

The first few years I lived here I routinely carried dog biscuits in my backpack and I made a lot of dog friends. They put big bells on the dog's collars and the dogs flush the boars out of their hiding places.

Either rake pachysandra beds very gently, or clean the bed with a leaf blower on lowest speed to help protect the plants.When planting nursery plants or rooted cuttings, place them six to 12 inches apart, more closely if you want to hurry along the "carpet"...

Wear protective clothing and do not spray the herbicide on a windy day.Chinese elms with trunks over 4 inches in diameter can be cut down and killed with triclopyr. There are several ways to kill the unwanted invaders.

Pruning lichen-encrusted limbs lightly may encourage the growth of new shoots and limbs, also providing shade to discourage lichens. In another plastic bucket mix 1 pound of fresh hydrated lime in 1 gallon of water and let it stand for two hours.

Sugar on weeds has the ability to limit growth in some plants, especially those that are not adaptive to low nitrogen environments. Check the weed in a day or two and recoat if the area was saturated or the weed is not showing signs of decline., require...

Newer artificial grass is manufactured to feel and look much like its natural counterpart. This is an important consideration during the current drought (and saves time, too)., which means no toxic chemicals seeping into the groundwater.Artificial lawn...

So to avoid undue disappointment, Bob happily tosses out the new shipment and avoids the painful process of attachment and lossBob readily complies with the guards request to search his backpack when leaving botanical gardens.

So seriously, they'll even grow corn on a cliff, as shown above. Photo by Rick Gush Italians take their gardening seriously. They take their urban farming and urban gardening really seriously here in Italy.

Chiquita bananas have had a winding history, but there's no doubt that the little blue adhesive tags added value in the form of some sort of comfort, as if subconsciously, we as consumers had been trained to believe that the bunches of bananas with Chiquita...

Since they feed mainly on decaying parts of the plant, their feeding practices don't significantly impact the yield or decrease the plant's vigor, but the leaf bundles are unsightly.Leafroller control measures are most effective when the caterpillars...