LMonty
Advisory Board, Administrator, In Memoriam
I was working today in my garden.
The other day, I bought the most useful tool. I'd like to share about it. It came from Home Depot. It's a weeder, one that as a child we called a dandelion weeder. We had one, but it was a short handled hand tool, useful when gardening on one's knees.
Looks like a swallows tail, with the notch open at the bottom. It cuts deep and slices roots off clean. This particular one has along handle, making weeding while standing up a very easy task. Less bending like with a regular hoe-it really saved my back, an hour of bending and hoeing would have been painful with a regular hoe.
The business end is only about 2 inches in size. Thats nice-because i could weed very close to existing plants without damaging or disturbing them.
I think this is a very valuable tool, I'm glad I bought it- even though it cost just over 10$ USD I think it was worth it. I'd definitely recommend it to those doing subsistence gardening. It will save time and labor.
What other tools do you consider important to your gardening. Do you have agood way to care for tools? How do you keep your ususal tools like rakes, shovels etc in good condition. In a situation where resupply is unlikely, how would you repair a critical tool? What else am I forgetting?
With a file, some linseed oil, and sandpaper, many apparrently junk tools can be made serviceable. I plan to haunt the yard sales for inexpensive "backup" garden tools this spring. Do you have backups- at least 3 layers deep for the most important items you own, and would depend on in a crisis?
The other day, I bought the most useful tool. I'd like to share about it. It came from Home Depot. It's a weeder, one that as a child we called a dandelion weeder. We had one, but it was a short handled hand tool, useful when gardening on one's knees.
Looks like a swallows tail, with the notch open at the bottom. It cuts deep and slices roots off clean. This particular one has along handle, making weeding while standing up a very easy task. Less bending like with a regular hoe-it really saved my back, an hour of bending and hoeing would have been painful with a regular hoe.
The business end is only about 2 inches in size. Thats nice-because i could weed very close to existing plants without damaging or disturbing them.
I think this is a very valuable tool, I'm glad I bought it- even though it cost just over 10$ USD I think it was worth it. I'd definitely recommend it to those doing subsistence gardening. It will save time and labor.
What other tools do you consider important to your gardening. Do you have agood way to care for tools? How do you keep your ususal tools like rakes, shovels etc in good condition. In a situation where resupply is unlikely, how would you repair a critical tool? What else am I forgetting?
With a file, some linseed oil, and sandpaper, many apparrently junk tools can be made serviceable. I plan to haunt the yard sales for inexpensive "backup" garden tools this spring. Do you have backups- at least 3 layers deep for the most important items you own, and would depend on in a crisis?