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JoeGardener: The Best of the Must-Haves 2006:

You may now announce your selection as a Certified BEST OF THE MUST-HAVES™ by The joe gardener Company and use the logo for your own press releases, brochures, tags, website or however you choose. Here is the entire list. Besides being in good company, you will see that size does not matter. The joe gardener team carefully selects products for their quality and contribution to “smart resources for better gardening” period.

The Best of the Must-Haves 2006

• GreenJeans™ - These innovative, heavy-duty chaps with built-in kneepads were designed specifically with comfort and durability in mind. www.muscleandarmfarm.com

• WheelEasy – The collapsible yard cart has ground-level loading to simply rake, shovel or slide items like leaves, weeds, bark, even heavy boulders, directly into the canvas barrel. When stored it takes up a fraction of the space of a conventional wheelbarrow. www.allsopgarden.com/garden/weeleasy

• BugBand – BugBand™ products feature all-natural, pleasant smelling Geraniol, which has been proven more effective at repelling insects than DEET and citronella. www.bugband.net

• Midwest Rake Loop Hoe Combo Tool – The exclusive design of the Midwest Rake Combo Tool combines a 3-prong cultivator with a loop hoe for dual-purpose weeding and cultivating. www.midwestrake.com

• The Cobra Head® Precision Weeder and Cultivator – The closest thing to a universal garden tool, the blade is a Steel Fingernail™ that becomes an extension of your hand helping accomplish many garden tasks from weeding to de-thatching. www.cobrahead.com

GardenArmor™ Gloves – The “tough-as-nails” gloves are made with SuperFabric® brand material that is washable and so durable it provides gardeners with 90x the puncture resistance of regular gloves. www.safegrasp.com

• Treegator® - Revolutionary irrigation bladders designed specially for new plant installations, slowly delivers water directly to the root zone over an extended period. www.treegator.com

• Hound-Dog Edge Hound® and Bulb Hound® –The Edge Hound not only edges walkways it installs coiled edging, cuts trenches and even chops roots, stumps and ice. The Bulb Hound is specially designed to cut and refill holes in one easy step for bulb planting. The trigger release handle reduces stooping. www.hound-dog.com

• AquaVor Easy Feeding Cans – The ergonomically friendly, integrated design eliminates messy measuring and mixing. It also features a two-position rotating spout allowing delicate flow or fast delivery while the interchangeable fertilizer cartridge makes it easy to select and dispense a variety of liquid products – just like the pros. www.aquavor.com

• Kombi – “Shovel with attitude”. A series of hard-working shovels, each with a serrated design, make for quick and easy work on any tough gardening job. 706.754.2875 • West County Gardener® Gloves – These tough, high-tech, super comfortable gloves help gardeners work with ease and are washer and dryer safe. Gloves are made in sizes to fit all gardeners. www.westcountygardener.com

• Nelson Nozzle Sprayers – Point, click and water with these ergonomically designed nozzle sprayers. The state-of-the-art, thumb-activated flow control nozzles feature up to 8 patterns of spray. www.lrnelson.com

• Trench Foot – Slip this amazing innovation over a shovel, fork or spade to gain leverage and make digging easier. www.trenchfoot.org

• Dramm Watering Wands – These watering wands feature fingertip shut-off valves that reduce overall water consumption by applying water where it’s wanted. A lifetime guarantee spells quality. www.dramm.com

The joe gardener Company, Inc. 1205 Johnson Ferry Road, Ste. 136 • Marietta, GA 30068 • email@joegardener.com • www.joegardener.com • 770-973-7728