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Is It Ergonomic or Not?
By info@usernomics.com (Usernomics)
Tuesday May 27, 2008
But it's weight and power that make a tool truly ergonomic, said Olavi Linden, chief designer for Finland-based Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living. "Handles are actually a very small part of the equation," Linden said. ...
Ergonomics In The News - http://www.usernomics.com/news/workplace-ergonomics-news.html
UW Rock County hosted a 40 participant Jr. Master Gardener Session. During this sessionthey used our tools and some where even raffled off to participants. The session was led by Master Gardeners as part of an ongoing lecture series for future Master Gardeners. Participants in this pasrticular session ranged in age from 12-18. Photographed here is Kody. He has extremely low vision and is legally blind, he loved the snips, here he's using them to dead head tulips.
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Started in 2003, Project Orange Thumb provides community garden groups with the ... To date, Fiskars' Project Orange Thumb has provided over 100 community ...
Follow these helpful tips to keep aging gardeners happy Ergonomic tools with fatter handles and other design features also are readily available and can make lawn and garden activities a little easier. See www.radiusgarden.com and www.fiskars.com to find these types of unique tools, and visit www.gardening withease.com for wide variety of ergonomic gardening equipment.
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
My 71-year-old mother loves to work in her yard and garden, but over the past few years has been plagued with aches and pains to her back, knees and hands. ...
SAUK CITY, WI. (May 21, 2008) – Fiskars is giving one of Chicago’s challenged South Side neighborhoods a much needed garden overhaul. Inspired by the actions of some of history’s “green” revolutionaries, Fiskars is joining with the Chicago Department of Environment’s Greencorps Chicago and Lowe’s to bring nature back to Chicago’s Altgeld Gardens community with the Project Orange ThumbSM “GreenUp Chicago 2008” initiative. Over 60 people, including Fiskars employees and executives, will volunteer their time to redevelop the aging garden site on May 21. The $75,000 makeover includes all donated labor, design time, project coordination, tools, planting materials and all necessary supplies. Lowe’s, United Industries, and Bonnies donated all of the materials for the project. “Altgeld Gardens is the first national gardening makeover project for Fiskars. Because the community asked for 
assistance, we feel they truly appreciate the importance of gardening to provide beauty, sustainable food resources and a place of community,” said Paul Tonnesen, President of Fiskars Garden. 
Master Gardener Joe Lamp’l, nationally known as “Joe Gardener,” designed the garden for the Altgeld community. Lamp’l is a Certified Landscape Professional and founder of The joe gardener® Company. The garden design includes raised vegetable beds, herb gardens, raspberry patches, pumpkin and melon patches, butterfly bushes, a community gathering area and more. Also, taking from one of the original gardening activists, Lamp’l designed in an apple orchard in honor of Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman. 
The “GreenUp Chicago” initiative is an extension of Fiskars’ successful Project Orange Thumb garden grant program. Started in 2003, Project Orange Thumb provides community garden groups with the tools and materials needed to reach their goals for neighborhood beautification and horticulture education. To date, Fiskars’ Project Orange Thumb has provided over 100 community groups with more than $200,000 to create and develop their own special community gardens.
WEST ALLIS - A group of 25 John Hustis Elementary School fifth-grade students assisted Wisconsin State Fair officials bury two time capsules Wednesday morning in West Allis.
The time capsules were buried as a part of the official groundbreaking for the grand champion patio which is comprised of bricks purchased by the public with personalized messages commemorating a special occasion or favorite fair memory.
Funds from the brick purchases will be directed to the Wisconsin State Fair Park Youth Foundation and will be placed around the fountain in central mall on the fairgrounds.
The groundbreaking event was held in conjunction with the annual planting day, sponsored in part by Fiskars Garden Center and Outdoor Living who provided the students with bright orange T-shirts and tools for the occasion.
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State Fair Park's historian Jerry Zimmerman said the 1992 capsule contained newspaper accounts of the fair, a Garth Brooks CD and other fair memorabilia. âWhen it was buried in 1992 we had no intention of removing it from its original site until 2092 when the fair park will be 200 years old,â he said. âThe removal became necessary in 2001, however, to make way for the construction of the Wisconsin Exposition Center.â
A letter from Zimmerman explaining why there are two time capsules, together with a fair history booklet, â150 Years of Wisconsin State Fair - An Illustrated History - 1851-2001â is also included in the newer capsule.
Both capsules will now remain under the grand champion patio until 2092.
The Central Mall Fountain was built in 1961, the first year the permanent midway was removed,â Zimmerman said. âIt was an open fountain until the âhippie' generation decided it was a great place to congregate. The fountain was turned into a flower bed giving new meaning to âflower power' and remained as such until it was rediscovered in the 1990s and returned to a fountain.â
Steve Sazama, chairman of the youth foundation, said the brick sale is a way of honoring the memories of fairs while helping to support youth programs. He pointed out the Tommy Thompson Youth Center houses over 4,000 youths who are participating in events and showing livestock during the fair each year and it is also used by the Kids from Wisconsin for practices and by youths partaking in other educational events.
Mary Beth Carr, executive director of the Wisconsin State Fair Park Youth Foundation, said this slice of fair history and the time capsule will be the theme of the grand champion patio dedication on July 30, just prior to the start of the 2008 fair.
Dead stuff can be nourishment for living plants
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I like the Fiskars UpRoot tool, which works best after a good rain or watering. Wear gloves, stretch often, drink water and, above all, have fun this ...
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It is the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. Even with gas prices as high as it is, many folks will be heading out on the road. We, however, will be staying around Boston and doing some work on the RainyDayGarden. One reason is that a variety of Fiskars garden shears came into the office. Since we just got back from being on the road most of the week, the thought of hanging out doing some gardening was pretty appealing. These Fiskars are some serious garden loppers and pruners. They are lightweight, but their long handles will enable them to cleanly cut some pretty thick branches. We'll have a FirstUse this weekend. [Permalink] - Wan Chi Lau
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Fiskars, Greencorps Plant Hope on Chicago’s South Side
Business Wire- San Francisco, CA, USA
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fiskars is giving one of Chicago's challenged South Side neigborhoods a much needed garden overhaul. Inspired by the actions of ....
