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There are tons of branded lawns edging tools in the market for any gardener to choose from. But some of the popular lawns edging tool brands are as follows.

1. Kingfisher lawn edging and gardening tools
   One of the most popular lawn edging tool brands is the Kingfisher Company. 72% of the products produced by Kingfisher are gardening and edging tools from any hardware or gardening store. These products by Kingfisher can also be bought online from online store such as www.amazon.com, www.ebay.com or from different gardening or hardware tool websites such as www.thefind.com, www.dooyoo.com or by www.homebase.co.uk. If you’re not sure exactly what tool to buy, contact us at http://www.nlinc.ca/etobicoke-landscaping/ and we can surely help.

   The lawn edging tools produced by Kingfisher may also include:
   Ӣ The Kingfisher Stainless Steel Dutch Hoe which costs around $6.69
   Ӣ The Kingfisher Jumbo Garden Rake which is available at the price of $5.50
   Ӣ The Kingfisher Quality Lawn Edging Shear which is about $40.
   Ӣ The Pro Anvil Power Cutter Fiberglass Lopper by Kingfisher which is mainly used for general kind of cutting in the garden.
   Other kinds of tools produced by Kingfisher include spades, forks, digging tools, rakes, weeders, planting tools, pruning and cutting tools.

2. Spear and Jackson lawn edging and gardening tools.
   Another popular lawn edging tool brand is Spear and Jackson. Spear and Jackson are one of the oldest hand and garden tool manufacturers across the globe. The company started in 1760 with is first official name as John Love. Spear and Jackson gardening and edging tools like Kingfisher can be found at hardware and gardening stores as well as online on websites such as www.ebay.com, www.amazon.com, www.tooled-up.com. Lawn edging tools can also be found on many other various gardening and hardware websites as well.
   Their products include:
   Ӣ Spear and Jackson cultivators, grubber and tillers.
   Ӣ Spear and Jackson edging iron
   Ӣ Spear and Jackson garden fork
   Ӣ Spear and Jackson garden hoe
   Ӣ Spear and Jackson garden scissors and knifes
   Ӣ Spear and Jackson garden lawn aerator and lawn rakes.
   There are also many other gardening and lawn edging products produced by Spear and Jackson which include spades, weeders, digging tools, planting tools, pruning and cutting tools.

3. Hitachi gardening and lawn edging tools
   One other popular brand is Hitachi. The Hitachi gardening tools and equipment are produced across the globe in 5 different manufacturing plants. The main advantage for such a diverse manufacturing policy is due to the utilization of skilled labor, economy of scale, and very reliable components supply due to the geographical location.
   Hitachi gardening and lawn edging products are sold both online as well as at both hardware and gardening stores. Some of the lawns edging products Hitachi produces are:
   Ӣ Hitachi Double Sided Hedge Cutter
   Ӣ Hitachi chainsaws
   Ӣ Hitachi Bent Shaft Trimmer
   Ӣ Hitachi Blower
   Ӣ Hitachi Trimmer and Brush Cutter

Who doesn’t like to grow or have a small vegetable garden in their own backyard?  There are many advantages of having your own vegetable garden within your own yard; at the same time it is an exceptionally appealing addition to your lawn’s landscaping. Growing your own vegetable garden organically is very healthy and saves you from spending on the highly priced organic vegetables being sold at different grocery stores.

Whenever you plan to grow your own vegetable garden, here are some vegetable garden tips that you can follow to have a great vegetable patch within your own backyard. If you have trouble with this make sure to call your favorite Etobicoke landscaping company!

• Locate a place in your own lawn where the sun always shines and start placing the seeds in early spring. Also keep planting the seeds all through summer so that you can always be ready to harvest one thing or another. Find your best spot close to the kitchen so that you can easily run to get a vegetable to two. Plus in this manner you can always keep an eye on your vegetable garden so you can get the right vegetable out at the right time.
• Always soak the seeds before planting as before germinating the seeds really need to be soaked and need to drink a lot of water. Once the seeds get swollen and plump the embryo in the seed starts to grow. Always keep in mind to soak the seeds in room temperature water for a few hours but never ever leave them in too long. Drain the seed and then plant them immediately.
• Always cover the newly planted vegetables with a water filled tepee to protect them from the cold. Such inexpensive sheets can easily be bought at any gardening store or nursery. These sheets are then connected with tubes which are then filled with water. This forms a wall around the seeds keeping them warm. The plastic sheet walls let the sun pass inside also keeping the water warm throughout the night.
• Rather than buying small seeds try getting larger seeds which already have a spout coming out, especially for the fast results during the winter season. This strategy is a great option with the tender type of vegetables such as chili peppers, tomatoes or beef steaks as these types of vegetables take a longer time to ripen.

While purchasing such seeds from a nursery try looking for vegetable plants that have a strong and well developed root system as well as others which have a sturdy constitution especially with green healthy leaves. Always avoid overgrown seeds.

• Always plant the vegetable plants vertically to save space instead of letting them crawl everywhere across the garden, for this you could use an arbor or a trellis.

While there are many other vegetable garden tips these are some of the main things that every gardener should keep in mind.

GMO (genetically modified organism) are organisms who by genetic engineering techniques have their genetic materials changed. These organisms may include micro-organisms like yeast and bacteria; they can also include living organisms such as plants, insects, fish and even many forms of mammals. GMOs are basically the source of genetically modified food products that are mainly used to produce food and many other food products.

Now the question arises what is non GMO? There have been quite a lot of both health and environmental issues and risks with these genetically modified (GM) products and food due to which a lot of people across the globe in locations like the United States, Canada, across Europe and even in Japan demand that products and food which are non-genetically modified should be produced as Non GMOs.

Founded in 2007 a non-profit organization was made whose main aim was to provide non genetically modified organisms (Non GMOs) products within the market of United States and Canada. This organization is known as the Non GMO project.

So how can one avoid these genetically modified (GM) products and food?

• Try avoiding processed food products which includes ingredients of soy, canola, corn, cotton and sugar beets. Processed food contains the ingredients such as soy, canola, corn, and cotton and sugar beets.

Almost more than 70% of the processed food products found both in restaurants and retail stores contain genetically modified (GM) food products within their food ingredients.

• Always try getting food products which are Non GMO project verified.
  Non GMO project verified food products are those products which go through many different forms  of verification which tries to decrease the risk of GMO contaminations thus trying to give you the best kind of assurance that they can give that they are Non GMO products.

• Always buy organic food.

Always try buying organic food as these genetically modified (GM) food products are mostly prohibited within the ingredients of these organic food products.

• Growing your own produce.

Who doesn’t love gardening? Try growing your own vegetation in your own backyard which also can become a great gardening hobby of yours. This is a great option as gardening helps you nourish your mind, body and soil. We help our clients build awesome gardens. Click here for complete details.

• Try buying locally grown food from your local farmers market.

One of the best options to avoid genetically modified food products is to go to your local farmers market to get freshly and locally grown vegetables and fruits.

Interested in taking up gardening as a hobby or do you just want a perfect lawn around your home? There are many ways and techniques on how to have a perfect lawn. But for the moment let’s discuss 3 lawn tips for homeowners who take gardening on as a hobby.

1. Do not overdo it with the use of fertilizer

The use of too much fertilizer makes the growth of grass and plants much faster due to which your lawn would need much more mowing and trust me no one needs that. A lot of homeowners use too many pesticides and fertilizer. Too much fertilizer can also be bad for the environment as it could wash away in lakes and streams which could clog them with algae.

To find out the specific needs of a lawn you can always get your soil tested after every 3 to 4 years by spending soil samples from your lawn to the lab. This test costs around $20 or sometimes even less than that. This test will reveal the main contents of your lawn’s soil which mainly includes organic matters, soil, nitrogen and nitrates, phosphorus, texture and lime. This test will then help you out on what kind of fertilizer should be used on your lawn.

Most of the different fertilizers come in the form of pellets and dry grains, which should be distributed evenly either using hand held fertilizer spreader which mostly cots between $13 to approximately $80 or you could use a wheel spreader which costs around $90.

You should keep in mind that the fertilizers should be applied in spring and fall. We do this often for our client so click here if you need help with this.

1. Don’t over water!

The main thing that homeowners do wrong while trying to maintain their lawns is that they over water them. Too much watering encourages a lot of water wastage as well as a lot of shallow roots. Always keep an eye open when to water your lawn. Some signs that show that your lawn needs watering are

• The grass of your lawn gets a slightly blue tinge.
• The footprints on your lawn remains compressed.
• The soil within your lawn will resist when a screwdriver or a steel rod is pushed within the ground.

One of the best options is to buy a sprinkler which will cost you from $10 to $60. To check when to change the place of your sprinkler put an empty tuna can on the lawn and once it is filled you can change the place of the water sprinkler and start the measuring process again.

1. Always mow often enough especially with sharp blades

If you wish to have a lawn filled with green grass the best option is to cut your grass frequently which helps in making the grass grow thicker while also helps in keeping the weeds out.

Other than these 3 lawn tips for homeowners there are also a lot of other tips that you can check out to well maintain your lawn.

Before we can answer the question “why use organic seeds?” let take a step back and try to understand what they are.

Organic seed are seeds which are produced by organic farms. Whenever you go to the market to buy organic seeds you can be 100% sure that the plants from where these seeds came were grown by proper organic techniques with a healthier soil; soil which is free of toxic synthetic chemicals. These organic farms all carry the USND national organic standard labels on them.

Now that you now know what they are let’s look into the matter on why use organic seeds?

• It is much better for the environment as well as it helps in minimizing the upstream pollution.

The most effective method of growing and using organic seeds lowers the upstream pollution effect during the production of such seeds. Other crop seeds mostly rely on petroleum based fertilizers and pesticides while organic seeds heavily rely on fungicides and insecticides while growing the same kind of vegetation.

• Organic seeds are a better option for the organic growing conditions. If you need help with creating an organic garden then please visit http://www.nlinc.ca/lawn-care-mississauga/ for more information. Within the system of organic farming different plant nutrients come directly from the fertilizers therefore these plants need healthier roots to seek out the nutrients spread across the ground. Organic seed farmers try using as less as possible of pesticides and other disease protection applications. Thus the plants should be strong enough to protect themselves from such situations. As organic food is evaluated by its looks and flavour, the stronger and healthier the plants the much better looking and well flavoured the organic food.

Over the years a lot of development and progress has been made to improve these organic farming conditions.

• Organic researches are supported through growing organic seeds.

As the demand for organic seeds increase with time, this has also encouraged a lot of universities and companies in giving more of their time and resources to the research and development of these different kinds of organic seeds. This helps a lot in the continuous growth and development of the organic matters.

So always keep in mind that whenever going to an organic farmer market  to buy those organic seeds you are not only buying “safe seeds” but also keeping you and your family healthy and at the same time creating an organic condition within your own back yard thus also supporting “the future of organic environment “

Tools for lawn aeration are gardening machines that are used to aerate the ground soil wherever lawn grass grows. The main purposes of aeration is that it improves the quality of the soil, as it pulls out almost two to eight inches of soil which leaves holes within the soil allowing water, air and nutrients to get to the grass roots.

Among lawn aeration tools available out there a few prominent ones are as follows. If this is outside your skill-set then click here to find out how we can help.

• The Core Aerator
  One of the most commonly used and popular of lawn aeration tools is the core aerator. It has hollow tines and makes about two to three inches of deep holes which are almost two to four inches apart. There are quite a few differently designed models of the core aerator, some of which have vertically placed tines that are supposed to move up and down at a very high speed while another form of the core aerator has a drum with tine fixed on it. The drum rotates as it is pulled over the ground.

  In both the cases the core aerator is moved above the ground while the tines are pushed into the ground and a core about the diameter of ¾ inches is pulled out of the ground.

• Aera-Vator

This type of tool also has two to three inches of tines that are also about two to four inches apart. The main difference between the Aera-Vator and the core aerator is that the tines are solid while the diameters of these tines are about ¾ inches in diameter that are driven by a type of gearbox.

Whenever the power of the aera-vator is turned on the tines start to vibrate which helps in loosening the ground all around the tines. This makes the ground loose enough so that the tines can easily go into the ground creating the holes.

• The Spike Aerator

This type of aerator is very common for a lot of homeowners as it is the cheapest of them all and is easily available at almost every home centre available.

The spike aerator is operated by being pulled on the ground while the round blades that have spikes attached on it are poked into the ground creating an almost two inch deep and almost 1/8 inch wide hole.

The only downfall is that this type of aerator does have is that the holes are very far apart from one another and at the same time very narrow.

The topsoil is the uppermost layer of soil which is usually between 2 to 8 inches thick. The topsoil has the most concentrated amount of microorganisms as well as organic matter available in it. This is where almost all types of plants and tree roots get their nutrients from. It takes thousands of years to form the naturally produced topsoil, which is mainly made up from different types of decaying organic matter as well as broken down rock materials which happen with the passage of time, weather and climate. The quality of the topsoil can differ depending on its geographical location.

There are mainly three types of topsoil which are as follows:

1. Sand
   Sand is mainly made up of mineral particles and finely divided rocks. It is a very highly variable type of topsoil which depends on the type of local rock available in the area. There are commonly two types of sand. The first type is “silica” which is usually made out of quartz, while the second type of sand is “aragonite” which is formed from billions of years old life forms such as shellfish and coral and is mostly found near beaches. Sand is used for many purposes such as for agricultural use, brick building, mortar, glass, concrete, paint, roads, water filtration and much more.
2. Loam
   Loam is another form of topsoil which is made up of evenly concentrated levels of silt, clay and sand. The proportion of silt, clay and sand can vary forming different types of loam such as clay loam, sandy loam, silty loam, sandy clay loam and silty clay loam. Each of these loam soils has different levels of characteristics, but general loam contains more moisture, nutrients and humus compared to sand.Loam is mostly found in large fertile lands and is great for farming. Another use of loam is that it is used in building walls for homes as it can control air humidity.  This technique is also the oldest form of house construction.
3. Clay
   The third and final type of topsoil is clay. Clay is formed and made out of decayed organic materials, usually dried plants with a mixture of powder rocks that form after millions of years as a result of the effect of weather conditions. Clay has been used over time for a lot of purposes. These may include clay pottery, clay furniture, bricks, cooking pots, dishware and much more. More importantly, as clay is impermeable to water, it is used in dams or even as barriers to landfills.