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Four techie tools to help you grow a green garden

07.05.11

Despite the images of dirt and hand tools, gardening can be an activity for gadgetheads, too. 

Of course, you still have to be (mostly) into dirt, the sunshine and actually, you know, leaving the house (with the exception noted below), but don’t think you can’t throw a few fun toys in the mix: 

Husqvarna Solar-Powered Automower: If you garden in your backyard, you probably have a lawn, and that needs to look nice, too. But how can you spend your time mastering the zen of gardening if you have to labor through menial tasks such as mowing? Answer? Let the robots do it for you. Husqvarna’s robot mower can cover a little more than a half-acre of land, runs off solar power and can be controlled with your iPhone, making it an efficient machine in multiple ways. $3,000.

Noodlehead Sprinkler: Sometimes getting water to all parts of the garden is challenging if you’re trying not to be wasteful. The Noodlehead has 12 bendable sprayheads that allow you to direct water to the parts of your garden that actually need it. $12.

Source: Quad City Times

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Nov 27, 2010 from dragonfirewal(Wal Heinrich) in Lifestyle
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