Showers to Flowers: Save $20 on Miracle-Gro Soil, $123 off an Ames Lawn Cart

Those April showers won't bring May flowers if you haven't planted anything! To help you get your flowers growing, we've rounded up the week's best gardening deals. Grab a Scotts fertilizer spreader for $10, save $123 on an Ames lawn cart, and get up to $20 off two bags of Miracle-Gro soil.

1. Suncast Mobile Hose Reel Cart
   Store: Ace Hardware
   Price: $24.99 with store pick-up
   Lowest By: $5
   Expires: April 30

   Is It Worth It?: An improperly stored garden hose is a recipe for watery disaster, but no one likes to lug around a heavy hose after a long day of gardening. Post-watering hose storage is a snap with the Suncast Mobile Hose Reel Cart, available for just $25. You'll save $5 on this cart, which can hold up to 175 feet of 5/8" hose. It features an Easylink system to ensure a watertight connection between the hose reel and hose.

2. Scotts Snap 15-lb. Broadcast Fertilizer Spreader
   Store: Lowe's
   Price: $10 with in-store pickup
   Lowest By: $20

   Is It Worth It?: If you've got a larger garden or lawn, a broadcast fertilizer spreader can help you quickly cover a lot of ground. The Scots Snap 15-lb. broadcast spreader uses Scotts Snap packs and sports an EdgeGuard to help direct the fertilizer dispersion. This Editors' Choice spreader is a $20 price low at $10.

   The price above is only available in select locations. If you're seeing this item for $10 at your local stores, please drop the ZIP code in the comments below!

3. Ames 4-Cubic Foot Lawn Cart
   Store: Home Depot
   Price: $19.88 with in-store pickup
   Lowest By: $123

   Is It Worth It?: Whether you're transporting clippings, bags of mulch, or soil, you'll save your back if you've got a lawn cart to do the heavy lifting. With stock varying by ZIP code, Home Depot offers the Ames 4-cubic foot lawn cart in Green for just $20. This Editors' Choice cart is a $123 price low and can carry up to 250 lbs. of material.

4. Greenes Cedar Raised Garden Bed
   Store: Ace Hardware
   Price: $29.99 with in-store pickup
   Lowest By: $21

   Is It Worth It?: Starting a raised bed garden is an easy way to dodge some of a gardener's worst headaches. "Bad dirt is out, because you fill a raised bed with a customized soil-and-compost blend," according to Popular Mechanics. "Drainage is built into the bed walls, which hold the soil in place to keep erosion in check. Greater exposure to the sun warms the bed, which allows more plant diversity and extends the growing season." You can get started for just $30 with this Greenes Cedar Raised Garden Bed kit. That's a $21 savings on this 48x48x5" kit, which is stackable and expandable.

5. 2 Bags of Miracle-Gro Soil
   Store: Scotts
   Discount: Up to $20 off via mail-in rebate
   Lowest By: $4
   Expires: June 30

   Is It Worth It?: Want to give your garden and a small business a helping hand? You can support your local independent hardware or gardening store and save $4 to $20 when you buy two bags of select Miracle-Gro Garden Soil and redeem this rebate offer from Scotts. That's a savings of at least $4, the best rebate we've seen on Miracle-Gro soil, and a clear Editors' Choice pick.

   Note that purchases from Lowe's, Home Depot, Kmart, Walmart, and other large chain stores don't qualify for this promotion.