Poll

Fork, Spade, Rake, Hoe or Other (& if other, post what it is)

Fork
33 (52.4%)
Spade
6 (9.5%)
Rake
0 (0%)
Hoe
9 (14.3%)
Other
15 (23.8%)

Total Members Voted: 63

Author Topic: Most important tool to you...  (Read 3475 times)

Hyacinth

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2008, 18:42:00 »
for borders & in between rows....is it a trowel? Is it a rake? No, it's a trake!

 http://www.cleanairgardening.com/trake.html

had it 4yrs and love it. Beautifully balanced and graded depths on the trowel for planting.

Loks good- Where can I get one?

I'm not sure where in the UK, but I'd imagine they're on sale over here now :-\...I had mine gifted to me 4yrs ago when, I think, they were quite new in the US.

shaun01

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2008, 18:44:33 »
my wife    ;D
You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt.

tim

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #22 on: November 28, 2008, 19:01:17 »
Oh, definitely, my Vitrinox - given to me by my American cousin before his death.

Think of him a dozen times a day. Always there. No better memorial.

Only 2 of 6 functions shown.
« Last Edit: November 28, 2008, 19:03:24 by tim »

RobinOfTheHood

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2008, 19:14:46 »
Howard Gem. Not a prayer without it........ ::)
I hoe, I hoe, then off to work I go.

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hellohelenhere

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2008, 20:15:03 »
My ratchet secateurs. I do like a bit of nice therapeutic pruning... :D
And just as well, as I had about 30 ft of very overgrown old russian vine to prune back, in my new garden. Nearly there...

Larkshall

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #25 on: November 30, 2008, 20:29:37 »
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Maidenheadtaff

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #26 on: November 30, 2008, 21:03:29 »
Emaggie where did you say you get that super tool of yours.Weeds are big in Maidenhead


STEVEB

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #27 on: November 30, 2008, 22:00:00 »
paint scraper to clean my spade
If it ain't broke don't fix it !!

flowerofshona2007

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #28 on: November 30, 2008, 22:42:50 »
Got to be my hands !!!
can' do a thing without them  ;D

kingston boy

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #29 on: December 02, 2008, 17:53:37 »

I voted other as my favourite tool after all the winter diggings done is my 3 pronged cultivator. The prongs have very wide blades about 1" wide and a long handle.With a little efoort the plot can be well and truely worked quite quickly. Guaranteed to get a Robin, bobin' about.

Plot69

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #30 on: December 06, 2008, 15:25:08 »
Got to be my hoe. No matter what jobs I have to do, I always make sure I have a 15-20 minute hoe around my plots.
Tony.

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Emagggie

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Re: Most important tool to you...
« Reply #31 on: December 07, 2008, 22:02:09 »
Emaggie where did you say you get that super tool of yours.Weeds are big in Maidenhead
Sold in mostly National Trust properties I think Maideheadtaff. Give it a Google,
Speedweeder. ;)
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