and tools RE: Books?

 > I can easily go

 through a couple of cheap shovels in a single day of gardening.

 Chris

Does amending the soil come to mind? :)

Donna

The one tool that I regularly destroy is the gardening fork; the native crop of rocks bend and twist the tines. I own two right now, both are bent and twisted. I have been tempted several times to buy a high end one, but fear for its life if I do. And yes the soil is well amended, but between the contractor burying rocks and the natural uplift of glacial till........you get the picture!

Hand trowels die too if they are the cheapo kind. But several years ago I bought some high end ones at a going out business sale - normally $20 each, got all three of them for $15. I also highly recommend the stainless steel digging trowels that Walt Nicke sells.

Cheryl


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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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