(FSB Magazine) -- A Proper Garden Fountain

$190

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Peg Beam and her daughter Mary Margaret Godier run A Proper Garden, a Wilmington, N.C., store that sells the work of independent artisans such as D. Crews, who made the copper fountain pictured below. Crews sculpts each fountain from Paul Revere copper, which he heats with a welding torch to give it a distinctive rainbow finish. Other Proper Garden products include artisanal birdhouses and planters, along with gloves and watering cans. apropergarden.com

Washington Shoe Co. Boots

$24.95-$59.95

It's time to banish those boring boots from your gardening wardrobe! From Seattle's Washington Shoe Co. comes a quirky line of cherry-pattern rubber garden boots for women and kids. A third-generation shoe entrepreneur, Rob Moehring, 58, designs the boots in collaboration with his 12 employees. washingtonshoe.com

Rolypig Composter

$309

Feed this plastic-and-fiberglass squealer your organic garbage, and he'll process it into rich compost for the garden. The Rolypig eats kitchen and garden scraps through his snout. Every few days you rotate him to shift the waste through a series of internal chambers. By the time your garbage reaches the Rolypig's rear end 12 to 15 weeks later, it has formed compost. The Rolypig was invented by British brothers Roy and Tom Gamlin. David Temple of Rolypig USA holds the U.S. distribution rights. rolypigusa.com

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