Re: and tools RE: Books?

Quite a few years ago - probably 12 or 15, I bought two forks from Smith
and Hawkin - expensive imports from the UK.  They have lasted for years
with not bending of tines.  I use them for the yearly cleaning of the very
packed sheep manure out of the barn as well as digging the the gardens.
We do not have a lot of rocks in the gardens, however, one bed is all
subsoil and bedrock scraps from an addition we built.  I have no problems
in that one with these forks.  Needless to say, each hole dug for plants
is back filled with well rotted manure before planting!  These forks come
in two variations: one with "flat" tines and one with square tines.  I
prefer the one with the square tines.  I certainly would not hesitate to
buy another when these do finally wear out.

Denise


Denise Leonard
Tanstaafl Farm
Greenfield, MA
dal@shaysnet.com


On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Cheryl Isaak wrote:

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