Re: tools

Beth,
the whole reason I keep those bent up forks is to have them to divide daylilies. I put the two forks in the center of the clump (out of the ground) back to back to push them apart. Works a treat. Since I sell my extras, this is the least stress on me and the plant.
Cheryl
All this talk about garden tools prompts a question... I've always divided
perennials by chopping a clump into sections with a shovel. However, as
others have noted, this can be a challenge with some. In fact, sometimes I
just throw away parts of a clump because it's just too much of a pain to
divide it further (and yea, I probably don't really need any more of those
things). Anyway, back to the question... I always read about using the
double fork method to divide perennials - is this easier than chopping with
a shovel? And what do you do when the shovel just seems to bounce off the
root ball rather than cutting it?
Beth (zone 5 Michigan near Traverse City, where we seem to get some snow
every day... not a lot, just enough to freshen things up)

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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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