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Old 12-02-2008, 08:19 PM
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You say both you and your wife enjoy gardening and that you have some quality tools. Plants grow very quickly here so you definitely want to bring sharpened handheld pruners, loppers and a small pruning saw.

If you shape the hedges in your current home with a hedge trimmer, then bring it along. You'll find that hedge plants need pruning about every 2 months in the growing season (if you like your garden to look tidy).

A sharp pointed shovel is a necessity for cutting through St. Augustine grass. Homes farther south have zoysia; I don't know how easy or difficult it is to cut through it.

A hand trowel for planting and transplanting young plants is very handy. You'll also want a "dandelion" digger for weeding (no dandelions here that I've seen, however).

You'll also want hose, a hose reel, perhaps a watering wand, and a sprinkler. Even though you have a built in sprinkler system it sometimes doesn't concentrate water where you need it. Also we have in ground sprinkler watering restrictions; you are, however, allowed to hand water without restriction.

I live north of 466 and my soil is very sandy. However, I understand that there is clay in some areas south of 466. Depending upon your soil, you might have additional tools you'd want to keep.