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Tools
The Watering Can as Design Object
Three cans, a Haws long-reach in galvanised steel, a Bosmere copper, and a French Sèvres-style plastic, weighed and used through a summer in a small Massachusetts greenhouse.
Tools
A Wheelbarrow Tested Over a Decade
A single Chillington Plantation wheelbarrow, bought new in 2016, weighed annually, and finally retired in March 2026 after carrying an estimated 318 tonnes of soil, compost, and grit.
Tools
A Good Pair of Bypass Pruners, Three Brands Over a Season
Felco, Niwaki, and ARS, carried in rotation through a working Devon garden from April to October, and what the cuts looked like at the end of it.