Get a good grip while toiling in the soil

Published: April, 2006

Ergonomic tools for gardeners are not what they're cracked up to be.

With or without green thumbs, more Americans are trying their hand at gardening these days. In some surveys, it now ranks as the country's No. 1 outdoor leisure activity. Garden centers are growing like Topsy.

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