Gardenscape Tools.(Outdoor Furniture And Tools)

Fed up with those baggy cotton gardening gloves? Then dash to this Beach store and treat yourself to a pair of eminently comfortable nylon and spandex Foxgloves, a machine washable favourite of green thumbs charged with tricky transplanting and pruning; proprietor Bev Mitchell says the $35 fuchsia or royal blue beauties are near impossible to keep in stock. Practical, out-of-the-ordinary gear is Mitchell's specialty, much of it aimed at a neglected segment of the consumer market: middle-aged folks eager to commune with nature but wary of creaky joints. Thus Mitchell favours items like the Telesco-Weeder ($25), a Canuck invention with a telescoping handle that lets you weed without crawling on ...