Archive for May, 2006
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
Fiskars Axe
The new Fiskars pro chopping axe. One very cool axe with a unique unbreakable handle. Yes, this is the one you may have seen on the History Channel. I was watching the episode last night about axes, swords & knives. The history of this kinda stuff is really pretty cool. Fiskars dates back to 1649. Now [...]
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Cordless Mower
Ever wonder just how good those cordless mowers are? Well I tell you my experience. I’ve had a Black & Decker CMM1000 mower for over five years now and I love it! It is the most simple mower I’ve ever used. It’s quiet, and really does cut well. All you do is charge it, mow [...]
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Fountains again
I forgot to tell you all that we also have lots of fun tabletop, indoor fountains as well. These are really fun, can go anywhere, and are super simple to run. You may be suprised at just how affordable these are. They start around $20.00, and they make wonderful gifts. Speaking of this, check out [...]
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Fountains
This is one of our most popular fountains, It’s a pillar ball fountain and comes in two sizes. We have several new models to choose from as well this season. Fountains are really, really cool. These all come ready to go, just add water! Put one in your backyard, garden, by your pool, wherever you [...]
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Laser Measurer
Okay so my last blog was titled the same as this one. Sorry- got the wrong title on that one. This one is about another of our newest products: the Stanley Laser Measurer. Ever want to measure accurately and easily without dragging around a tape. No need for someone else to hold the other end [...]
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Laser Measurer
Holy cow! What kind of a tool is this? It’s Stanley’s new Fat Max Extreme Persuader. It’s a wrecking bar on steroids. It’ll knock down, pry up, twist, straighten and claw apart anything you can imagine. Come in and check it out, it’s definitely a tool that Tim the tool guy would like!
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Weed Spraying
Okay, I’ve got a lot of weeds at home. Hate spraying them. I’m not fond of mixing weed spray in to a tank sprayer nor do I like using the hose sparayer and getting the weed spray in all the wrong places. So I thought I’d try one of our newest products, the Cepia Pistol [...]
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Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
We’re getting on the internet map…
Slowly but surely, Orchards ACE is getting on the internet… we are finally nearly at the top of Google for the search terms “orchards hardware”, “orchards ace hardware”, and “loveland ace hardware” among others. Our ads on Google rate very high for Google users in Northern Colorado. AND…. we’re even doing a whole bunch better [...]
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Saturday, May 13th, 2006
Chuck
I just had the task of replacing the cedar privacy fence at two of my rentals. First, I called a number of fence companies about tearing down the old fence plus building the new. I hired a company locally called Triple A Fencing (John @ 691-3925) and an office number of 224-5113 (Loveland phone book). [...]
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Turkeys!
Chuck and I got back from our Kansas turkey hunt Friday and I’ll tell you what if you havent tried it you need too. I have to thank Chuck for taking me, and Dan for letting me use his turkey killing machine AKA Benelli Super Black Eagle. I learned two things on this hunt. First, [...]
