Topic: Best homemade plot device

[sarah]

I'm not talking storylines.  Having read the thread about good and bad buys regarding plot tools and equipment i wonder what your favourite homemade gadget is. Mine is a childs toy  rake tied on a broom handle that i use to rake the hoed weeds away from my onion rows.  It works a treat.

[saddad]

I have a habit of breaking tools, usually the tines off forks, this means I have a two pronged fork which is ace for digging out Dandelions and the like or working in tight spots,
A broken wooden D handled tool has been converted into a great Dibber for putting in Leeks or making holes for transplants, you can lean on the handle and get all your weight behind it, and still get it back out!
 ;D

[supersprout]

My home made measuring stick, a piece of flat wood marked in 3" portions to 36". For something so simple, it's never far from reach!

[weedbusta]

pegs made from old wire coat hangers,  a walking stick for a dibber, a tree stump for a table or a seat and scaffy boards - instant work bench, greenhouse shelving, paths, seats.

[saddad]

You really can't beat a good scaffolding plank, but where can I get one mine has just about had it after 13 years sterling service!
 :'(

[weedbusta]

building sites. if you ask nicely and give them choccie biccies for their tea break. the odd plank here and there mounts up. i've used them for a raised bed and a coldframe and have another wee pile growing. i can get half planks in the car but he long ones have to get humphed in a barrow. wish i had a big van.

[MikeB]

Same as SS a measuring stick, naturally being a fellow mine has to be bigger @ 72" ;D ;D

[Hyacinth]

My home made measuring stick, a piece of flat wood marked in 3" portions to 36". For something so simple, it's never far from reach!

SNAP! Mine is a plank, marked like yours, and abt.6" wide, so useful for making the drills for the seeds to go in. Makes sowing and spacing a doddle (also, wiith seeds of plants I've not tried before, use the guage to identify the goodies from the baddies - anything between the spacing's gotta be a weed :D))

But, Sprottie......was expecting to see your pink dibber again here? Not going to 'launch' it til it's been officially tested?

[supersprout]

Watever do you plant at 72" spacing mike? ???
:o ;D ;D ;D

Good point lish, still playing around with the adjustable treadle - not quite ready for launch yet 8)
I was gonna ask mike the same question ;)

[MikeB]

The parsnip dibber you only use once a year, but the measuring stick is in use all the time.  72"? why step over apple trees, what else? ;D ;D

[Curryandchips]

Currently, my favourite toy is my new stirrup hoe, what I made myself  :D

With my weed plantation, it is getting put to very good use.

[Merry Tiller]

My home made garden line or onion hoe