{"id":1889,"date":"2010-03-17T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/everything-in-the-garden-is-well-a-bit-messy-actually\/"},"modified":"2019-01-04T10:56:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T10:56:37","slug":"everything-in-the-garden-is-well-a-bit-messy-actually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/everything-in-the-garden-is-well-a-bit-messy-actually\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything in the garden is… well, a bit messy, actually"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last summer was a washout in more ways than one – our poor garden ended up a bit of a quagmire. Add in a puppy with a penchant for digging up every plant in sight and it’s looking very neglected indeed. <\/p>\r\n

Anyway, I’ve decided that while the weather is *fairly* warm it’s a good time to tackle the weeds and do some planting. Unfortunately, ‘someone’ left our tools out in the rain to rust, so I’ve been looking for some new ones. <\/p>\r\n

Here’s my short list: <\/p>\r\n

I love the OXO range of Gel-etools (available from Lakeland<\/a>) – they’re sturdy and easy to use and start at a very reasonable £10. There’s also a fab watering can (£20). <\/p>\r\n \"\"
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Sainsbury's<\/a> has a brilliant range, including this Bazaar Print Hand Tool Set  (£14.99). (They also have some lovely garden furniture, too, so you can sit back and enjoy your hard work.) <\/p>\r\n

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And I’m a great believer in getting kids involved in gardening – so this brightly coloured set (£6.99) from Bright Minds<\/a> is ideal. (For tips from Charlie Dimmock to encourage your children to garden, click here<\/a>). <\/p>\r\n \"\"\r\n

Let's get digging… <\/p>\r\n

written by Liz Jarvis<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"brilliant gardening tools for you and your kids","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3509,3349],"tags":[737,120,1096,1097,266,1098,568,1099],"class_list":["post-1889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-save-on-your-shopping-with-tips","category-household-savings-advice","tag-bright-minds","tag-charlie-dimmock","tag-digging","tag-gardening","tag-lakeland","tag-planting","tag-sainsburys","tag-weeding"],"yoast_head":"\r\nEverything in the garden is... well, a bit messy, actually - KidStart Magazine<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/everything-in-the-garden-is-well-a-bit-messy-actually\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Everything in the garden is... well, a bit messy, actually - 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