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READER PHOTOS! The coolest vintage garden tool ever!

comments (5) May 9th, 2011 in blogs

Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor

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Over the past few months, avid gardener Guida Quon from Santa Ana, California, has sent me several photos of her garden, and I'm more and more intriqued with every email that arrives in my inbox. Let's start off the first few days of this week with some scenes from her fascinatingly eclectic garden. Today's photos are of a vintage sprinkler that Guida bought during a home and garden tour in her neighborhood a few years ago. It looks adorable creeping through the cabbage (be sure to click on the 2nd and 3rd photos)! I want one...

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sheilaschultz writes: Guida, I love your sense of humor... can't wait to see more! Posted: 9:45 am on May 9th

SunnyDispo writes: Oh my stars! I want one too! This is totally fabulous! What a great way to make a plain old garden totally delicious. Posted: 8:24 am on May 9th

JardinDelSol writes: Sure looks like an uber-cute snail sculpture to me! Wish they still made them! Posted: 7:46 am on May 9th

wittyone writes: This is wonderful! It looks like a really big snail trailing through that vegetable patch. Good that it's not the real thing. It could do a lot of damage very quickly. Posted: 7:42 am on May 9th

HesterRegan writes: OH I WANT WANT TOO. THIS IS REALLY A GREAT SPRINKLER. I LOVE THE LOOK TOO.

WHY DO "THEY" ALWAYS TRY AND FIX SOMETHING AND MAKE IT BETTER? I REALLY LIKE THIS. Posted: 6:45 am on May 9th

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Welcome to the Fine Gardening GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY blog!

Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a stunning plant combination, or any number of other subjects. Think of it as your morning jolt of green.

Sign up to get new posts delivered to your inbox each morning so you'll always remember to take a look, or subscribe to our RSS feed. We look forward to sharing our garden travels with you.

If you think you have a photo that we should share on the Garden Photo of the day, email us. Send hi-res images to mgervais@taunton.com with GPOD in the subject line. We'll only respond if we plan to use your photo.