Re: CULT: Tools for digging irises

>What follows is a forward from a friend of mine whose grandfather was a
>blacksmith, who, naturally, forged and repaired tools.  I had asked my friend
>about pitchforks, bill dookies, and sharpshooters after this thread developed
>just to see if I was still sane.

Walter,

I've never heard of either a bill dookie or a sharpshooter.  What are 
they?  I have certainly used my fair share of pitchforks to move hay, and 
the blacksmith is quite right that they would be useless as a soil 
digging tool.  However, we are not discussing pitchforks in this thread.  
We are discussing garden "digging forks" such as the ones available at 
the following URL:

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=2&page=45712&catego
ry=2,44813

These forks have thick, strong tines that are far easier to sink into my 
clay soil than any spade.  I couldn't dig irises without my digging fork!

Laurie


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http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/shadowood/irisintro.html
USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
acidic clay soil

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