Front Cover 2010 - Brent and Becky's Bulbs!

Garden Tools
Handmade Dutch Trowels
These trowels and spades are individually
handmade by a 3rd generation Dutch Family, Fa.
Sneeboer-Grootebroek, in a village not far from
our warehouse in North Holland. The trowels are
fashioned out of the finest hardwood and stainless
steel available and are used by many European
professional gardeners and Dutch growers.
GARDEN TOOLS
Garden Tools, continued
Stainless Steel Garden Trowels
Real gardeners need real trowels - tools
of the trade. These are among our favorites!
They have stainless steel blades so they won’t
rust and also have nonslip ribbed red handles so
they’re easy to spot in the garden.
Stainless Steel
red handled
Trowels
From left to
right:
22”; 14”; 12”;
9”
(Brent and
Becky’s Bulbs
Planting Stake
as size reference)
Hand Made Dutch Trowels
From left to right: Small Truffle Spade; Narrow
‘Slim Jim’ Trowel; Spade Trowel; Heart-Shaped
Trowel (Brent and Becky’s Bulbs Planting Stake as
size reference)
Small Truffle Spade – This is Brent’s all time
favorite garden implement; ideal for digging and
dividing or planting large clumps of perennials or
bulbs; the 16” long, tough White Ash handle with
a ‘T’ grip gives the extra power needed to make
vigorous jobs requiring a 2 handled grip a cinch
and is perfect in places where a larger spade may
be cumbersome; a lifetime garden companion;
21½” overall.
#48-0122 $65 each
Narrow ‘Slim Jim’ Trowel’ – 7½” long, narrow
blade makes this the perfect tool for planting
annual or perennial plugs or those special bulbs
that need to be planted deeper than most. Also
great for carefully digging out those unwanted
weeds in tricky spots; 16” overall.
#48-0123 $50 each
22” Stainless Steel Trowel – very sturdy and long
handled, this trowel can be used for any number
of projects (planting, transplanting, digging) - it
even makes a terrific ‘pooper scooper’! Also large
enough to plant larger bulbs; 2 3/4 ” wide blade.
#48-0112 $15 each
14” Stainless Steel Trowel –similar in design as
the 9” trowel but with a ~3” blade like the end
of the 22” trowel, perfect for planting potted
perennials and annuals, as well as bulbs.
#48-0120 $11.50 each
12” Stainless Steel Trowel – a similar design as
the 9” trowel, but with a 2” wide blade; perfect
for tulip and other midsize bulbs as well as annuals,
perennials and other gardening activities.
#48-0125 $10 each
9” Stainless Steel Trowel – perfect size for
planting small bulbs like anemones and crocus in
the lawn or borders or for planting small annuals
or plugs in your garden.
#48-0111 $8 each
Spade Trowel – 6” long blade and shaped a bit
like a pointed shovel; a great all purpose tool for
planting bulbs, perennials and annuals; 13”.
#48-0124 $52 each
Heart-Shaped Trowel –perfect for your gardening
‘sweetheart’; sharp and pointed for digging at
the tip of the ‘heart’ and both rounded edges at
the top of the ‘heart’ are sharpened for weeding
purposes; it’s pretty and useful, too! 10”.
#48-0121 $50 each
CobraHead - Like a steel fingernail
that weeds, cultivates,
edges, plants, transplants &
more! We’re finding that we
use this tool more and more!
13” X 6”.
#48-0135 $24.95 ea.
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Garden Knife with Sheath -
This has become Brent’s new
favorite garden tool with a
new heavy-duty blade. He
uses it to cut the roots of
weeds, using the ‘stab/pull/
drop method of planting small
bulbs and for planting small
perennial plugs; stainless
steel blade; leather sheath;
with ‘Brent and Becky’s Bulbs’
logo and web site address
on it.
#48-0140 $30 each
We live right on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.
Every year, we hear that our wonderful Bay is dying a little
more each year. The government has stepped in to monitor
industries and farmers and they have ‘cleaned up their act’.
However, we as home gardeners also contribute to the pollution
of the water by over fertilizing and using heavy chemicals
on lawns and gardens. Brent and I now use only compost and
organic supplements but no chemical fertilizers on our property
in hopes that what we do will make some difference. We
encourage all of you to search your hearts and look at what
you use to see if, as a group, we can all make a difference
together!
BRENT AND BECKY’S FAVORITES NEW FOR 2010 whz=Winter Hardiness Zones