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Who’s ready to do some gardening?
102 years ago
by Blake Schreck
in Gardening
I am, my wife Anne is and even our dogs are (maybe). But, Mother Nature isn’t. At least not here in Colorado. To say that the weather here in the Spring is a little fickle is an understatement. Yesterday we started out with temperatures in the upper 20s and sunny skies changing to cloudy skies and 55 degrees by noon. Not bad right? Well, by mid afternoon the rain came followed by a drop in the temperature of 20 degrees and snow – full circle weather!
While there are plenty of indications that it’s almost time, as per usual, my patience is more than lacking. Colorado State’s Weather Station tells me that our soil temp at 40.5 degrees at 2″ and many freezes still in the near future so we’ll keep the grow light blasting at our seedlings and wait and wait and maybe clean the garden tools again. Woo-Hoo!
Is there a garden fork in your tool shed?
12 years ago
by Blake Schreck
in Garden Tools
Some gardeners say the garden fork is their favorite garden tool and for good reason; it does so many things in the garden. A few of the various jobs the garden fork is suited are:
- Lifting compacted soil to allow air into it.
- Turning the soil to work in soil amendments.
- Harvesting buried crops without damaging them.
- Dividing plantings.
- Turning the compost pile.
- Digging up large clumps of weeds.
- Transplanting perennials without root damage.
Better quality garden forks have sturdy handles made of hardwood (some these days are fiberglass) with a “YD”, “T” or even the seldom seen anymore “D” shape ends. The working end of the garden fork is usually made of high quality carbon or stainless steel and usually have four square or flattened tines. These garden fork heads should be strong with just a little flex to absorb pressures of hard work without bending or breaking.
While the traditional garden fork has been used by farmers and gardeners for hundreds of years, today there are many versions of this garden workhorse. Whether you’re tall or short, have a large vegetable garden, flower beds or some planter boxes on your apartment balcony, you’re sure to find a garden fork that fits you and your gardening likes.
Plant A Lagniappe Garden This Year
02 years ago
It’s that time of the year when we are or have been planning our vegetable gardens, but this year, how about a Lagniappe garden. Lagniappe is a word I learned while living in Louisiana that means “giving a little something extra”. So, how does that relate to your garden. Well, there is a great organization called Plant A Row For The Hungry that encourages people to plant an extra row of vegetables and donate those crops to food banks, soup kitchens and service organizations. So plant some extra and “give a little Lagniappe” back to your community.
The Super-Spectacular-Ultimate List of Garden Tools
02 years ago
Is it me or is everyone and their bother making a list of garden tools that you should have? Wow…look at that great headline, I better read that to see if I’ve got all the tools I’m supposed to. And, when you get to the page, there are more advertisements on the page than there is text about garden tools. Don’t get me wrong, there are some great articles out there educating us about garden tools and to those writers, I say thank you.
We’re all different and we have different garden tool needs. While garden spade might be the right digging tool for someone working in a large vegetable garden, that same tool is out of the question for someone tending their potted tomato plants on their apartment balcony.
So…am I going to make one of those garden tool lists? Damn right I am, I’ve got opinions too. Well.. maybe not so much a list, just suggestions. In the next few weeks I’ll take a different job (digging, weeding, resting, resting some more, cultivating, etc) that we do when we’re tending our gardens and yards and suggest some tool options that might make your job more enjoyable and less tiresome.
Ok, maybe I do have a list, but it only has one garden tool on it. Here goes..
- SpadeSawHoeWeederPrunerLopperShovelForkRakeCultivatorEdger Planter Thing – Only $29.95 plus S&H and only available at: you guessed it – www.gardentoolcompany.com
Got opinions or suggestions? (“suggestions” sounds nicer, doesn’t it?) If so, we want to hear from you.
