High-Quality Tools for Wiser Living

The Fiskars Easy-Pour Watering Can and the Vashon Broadfork are great garden tools that make growing your own food easier and more enjoyable.

By Cheryl Long
December 2011/January 2012

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I just love the Fiskars company! They continue to apply their superb tool-design skills and bring us improvements to classic garden equipment. This time, they’ve hit a home run with their dual-handled Easy-Pour Watering Can. Every garden needs at least one watering can, but when a large traditional can is full, it can be a challenge to balance it while watering. Fiskars has solved this drawback by giving us a can with a traditional handle, plus a second handle that is hinged to allow you to easily tip the spout without wrestling against the weight of the water. And they didn’t stop there. The Fiskars can’s “rose” (the perforated sprinkling attachment at the end of the spout) is adjustable from sprinkling to solid stream, without removing (and potentially losing) the rose. You just turn the rose 180 degrees and it switches from sprinkling to a steady stream. Turn it another 180 and you’re back to sprinkling again. Brilliant work, folks! We look forward to more Fiskars high-quality tools in the future. The Easy Pour holds 2.6 gallons and costs about $20.

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