Hah, too funny. I could tell stories about what husband has packed in
our garage too. But I am not blameless either, I have a 1966 Mustang
convertible in there and I only drive it maybe once a year - takes
longer to get the thing ready to go than I use it - and there's no
particular reason I don't drive it except that it isn't convenient.
But
I'll never sell it.
Cyndi
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Kitty
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 4:07 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] small tiller/cultivator
And who decided you needed all of these?
Don't get me wrong, I know that women overbuy things, too, but
usually
not things that take up so much space and do more-or-less the same
job.
(and no, a red sweater does not do the same job as a blue sweater.
Nor
does one black sweater always do the same job as another black
sweater)
Last Halloween my exH asked if he could use my car to get a
snowblower
since he no longer had a truck. He bought the biggest one they had
which was mounted on a pallet and fork-lifted into the back of my
car.
(small SUV with the top removed) He has a short, 2-car-wide drive
and a
small sidewalk leading to the front door. I asked why he didn't get
something smaller and he said he wanted to be sure it had enough
power.
Well, we got it home, but the only space left in the 2-1/2 car,
extra-deep garage was the path through the garage into the house.
And
no, he can't get his car in the garage.
Instead there's one of those riding leaf-picker-uppers, a 15 inch
wood
planer, stacks of lumber, piles and piles of g**-knows-what, and
every
tool under the sun. Yes, my 14x25 garage has a lot of stuff in it
but I
can get my car in it, too. And, for the most part, I actually use
everything in my garage. I don't think he has touched that planer
since
1986.
When we cleaned out my dad's place he had 3 computers, 4 printers, 9
cameras, 4 TVs, 3 VCRs, 1 triple deck organ plus 2 separate
keyboards, 2
guitars, 3 banjos, 1 violin.....
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] small tiller/cultivator
I will be joining you in the dog house...
I have a garage full of 'stuff'.....lets just do one type item :(
We have three snowblowers- a little one for doing stairs (easier to
just
shovel and we now live in a ranch- one stair!!), a regular size one
that
wasn't big enough if we get a large amount of snow, an industrial
size
one that works on large amounts but doesn't throw the snow far
enough
since we have such a wide driveway..... then we got a snow plow
attachment for the riding lawnmower (which we don't need since all
we
have is paths of grass and don't use anymore)... so the end result
is...... we shovel snow cause you can't get to the riding lawnmower
without moving the car and the drifts make it impossible to get out
of
the garage most times..... and the other 3 snow blowers where also
not
accessable for the same reason- well, an additional one too, the
'extra'
car we own also wouldn't start cause no one has started it in over a
year, besides being trapped in the garage!
Would you like to know about all the rest of the stuff we store
cause
we
'have to keep it'....
grumbling....
Donna
Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
I think you're right about that. I know I'm asking for trouble here
but...
In my experience, it is men who who have to have the right machine,
tool,
what-have-you, for every occasion. "You never know when you'll need
one of
those..." But unless you live on a very large lot or plantation,
storing
all that stuff can be a Pain. And it's very expensive if you only
use
it
once or twice.
As I mentioned before, there's a local retiree who lines up
homeowners
every
spring and tills their veg gardens for them. He arrives with this
huge
Toro
tiller that he wheels out the back of his truck and effortlessly
tills
the
garden in minutes. I have had him do jobs for me in 30 minutes that
would
have taken me a solid week of back-breaking labor with a small
tiller
and
a
shovel and he only charges about $25. He comes to me, I don't have
to
go
to
a rental place. He knows what he's doing; I don't have to read a
manual to
figure out a machine that is new to me.
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] small tiller/cultivator
I don't have a small sized tiller, just a large one so I shouldn't
be
commenting, but that never stopped me before :)
I think Daryl had the right idea about renting one, even a smaller
version. If you are buying it just for tilling, how often do you
really
use it? Mine is lucky to come out once a year and the rest of the
time
it takes up space. Mine was given to me by a person who was tired
of
storing it....
Donna
Theresa W wrote:
Hmm- how tall are you? And do you know which model it is? Is it the
4-stroke engine? It sounds like that is the one I am considering-
seems
I may need to go an look at one in person and check out the height
thing. Ordinarily I wouldn't be looking for one either, but I'm
going
to be cutting out the sod in the back yard (which is already been
killed
off) and want to regrade and amend the soil before replanting sod
(or
grass plugs- haven't decided which). I also want to use it around
the
house where the soil is very compacted from the stucco guys and
scaffolding being there. Sooooo, that's why I'm looking. If I lived
closer I'd come test out your tiller and buy it off you.
Thersa
Chris wrote:
Theresa,
I have a Honda mini tiller that I bought and never used. Actually,
my
son
used it once on a small bed I was creating. It turns out that I am
too
short
to be able to push down on the handle bar to keep the darn thing
in
the
ground! We adjusted the handlebar to its lowest point, but it was
still
too
high. Most of the time I'm trying not to disturb the soil in my
beds, so
except when creating a new bed, I probably have no use for a
tiller.
Oh, it has an edger that was my main reason for buying it. I don't
like
the
job it did either. It threw soil and grass clumps all over. A
shovel
does
a
neater job!
Just my two cents,
Chris Petersen
Northport, Long Island, New York
Zone 7a (Average min temp 50 - 00)
chris@widom-assoc.com
My garden: http://photos.yahoo.com/chrispnpt
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