The Garden Shed (Tools & Such)

Odd Tools you wish you had or ones you cant live with out .

Sorry , Dave i just cant aford the members rate right now please dont be mad and deleat my new threads .


Thank You The SGT

Well my grand Pa use to have a pointed hoe that looked like this > V < with a long handle just like a regular hoe and a hand cultivator with tines on it only it was about 8 to 10 inches wide. I would like to find these two items if any one come across them or has them give me a holler . they was used for weeden a garden and such.

Thanks Sarg

http://www.goserud.com/Hoes.htm http://www.redpigtools.com/servlet/the-19/V-dsh-Hoe/Detail http://www.amazon.com/Union-Tools-V-Blade-Garden-Hoe/dp/B00002N8QP

it's the long handle one thanks now if i cn find the other tool LOL

Is this what you're talking about? http://www.starnursery.com/catalog/product/gallery/id/1314/image/1089/
I don't think I've ever seen one 10" wide so I doubt this is what you're after but if it is they're commonly found at hardware stores, department stores like walmart, etc. (and any nursery of course)

nope I have one like that the other one looks like stars on it if you hold you hands up with your fingers up and interlace them the tines cross each other and there are several of them to make one roll so you can use to han till between roll in a garden.

My favorite garden tool....hmmm. It's a pole of some sort, about 3 ft. long, coated in black rubber. I think it used to be the handle of something, although I don't know what. At the very end, there is a space of about 1" where the rubber is gone, and this is the end I use to poke holes in the ground for seed placement. It keeps me from having to bend over in the garden so much. I also lay it on freshly loosened soil, press slightly, and lift...it leaves a perfect indentation for sowing carrot, lettuce and pea seeds. And it's also good for measuring, being about a yard in length. I have no idea where it came from, but I use it religiously, and would hate to have to part with it.

interesting , i still use an old backer stick that my Pa did that with LOL it hung in the barn with a leather teder on it had to put a new one on it and write the word back to them but i could barly read them with a lil light sanding and cleaning the knoches i figured it out it was fun to revive. the point of it is actualy an old point of a backer spike cut down and depointed (not as sharp) so the soil would not stick to the stick.LOL pa was pretty resoursful you know .

and i thought his and my lil tool was sort of silly . i feel pretty good now thanke Honey suckel moon .

Billy's kid hoe... I know it sounds funny but our first garden last year was planted when I was trying to quit smoking. Not being able to afford the price of a brand new hoe, I went to Wal mart where they had the kids shovels,hoes and rakes for 3 bucks a piece. So he got one of each. We used that hoe to plant the whole garden and to keep it weeded. I could go buy a new adult size hoe this year, but just cant bring myself to do it. So we still use his hoe to weed, and he uses his rake to clean the horse pens, I of course have a much bigger rake to do that, actually a landscape rake...

Awwww, that's so cute! If it works, why not?

My favorite tool is a hand trowel. Mine is real old and I've had it for many, many years. I use it to dig shallow trenches to set seeds, dig down to mix in fertilizer, and dig up weeds. The head is roughly 5" and the entire length is roughly 12" - I've never bothered to actually measure it, but I use these measurements to guesstimate how far apart to plant.

It serves me well ^_^

Pretty Kool and interesting new ideas to incorporat into folks gardening shed keep them comeing what works for you .

it sounds more like a garden weasel http://www.gardenweasel.com/

Here's a video if you prefer moving pictures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwLxN8IKy3s&feature=related



This message was edited Jun 6, 2010 11:41 PM

I know these aren't as interesting but my fav tools are water meter and my rototiller. I have a lot of houseplants (approx. 50 + 4' cactus garden) that I overwinter in my cool basement. I have to be very careful to watch the moisture so I love my cheap water meter. I am constantly digging up my yard and planting new beds. Definately my fav project and something which I would not be able to accomplish without my tiller. It's an old craftsmen model (circa 1982) and sometimes needs a lil work. I get very stressed when it doesn't start and my dear OH will spend his only day off work fixing it for me after which it works wonderfully, usually for the rest of the year. Love that thing, just keeps on going....
I use the most random objects to guesstimate my plantings; I'm sure the neighbors get a kick out of it when I'm sitting in the dirt measuring my plants.....

Dorkasaurus,

thats it my pa had to have his modified or had two of them put together those are a bit smaller than i remember but thats them and now i have two on the way lol. them lil fellers are the thing for a quick weeding or touch up weeding fast and vicious on weeds
bless you ! ! ! you have made my Day .

Hay Mel ,

if you took a southeren fellers tiller away you would have a fight on your hand it would be likd messen with his dog or wife or moon shine it's just not smart .ROTF I agree here in Tenn folks still do it the old way and it works well .~;>)

These are my Black eyed peas

Glad I could help. I'm originally from eastern TN and like to play in the garden so I felt obliged to try lol

The more I try to grow in the desert the more I miss my grandpa's "just plant and grow" garden in the smokies.

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Nods i have been stationed a lot of places and there is nothing like homethe air is just diffrent i still git up in the mornin at 5am with a cup of mud and sit out by the garden and have my time and think about whats going on over there with My Brothers and Sisters but as the sun crest the Mt.'s and i finish my cup of Joe it's time to git busy and i have things i must do for the day before i can get some rest and that last cup of Joe .youe know thanks for the help it is the small things that make it easer to finish the day and today you were the help that i needed to do just that Brother ;)

Much Love
From The Sarg

Melissa -

Looking good Honey Bee

Thanks, Sgt. You can't see my tomato plants in this photo because they are behind the beans in the background. This was taken right after I pulled the garlic early this morning.

I seen the garlic they look sooooo good i was licken my lips even wit the dirt on them .lol

I told my hubby to save the dirt that falls off them - as you can see from the photo, it's good black dirt, plus it cost me a small fortune!

It looked like it done a good job on the growen of the garlic

Yes, that black dirt is "home made" and can be dug with my bare hands (although I wear gloves). Just what onions/garlic like to grow in.

My Candy Whites, Candy Reds, and Lancelot leeks will be out in about two to three weeks.

nice ...compost pile ?

Sgt. anything organic that will break-down as dirt has gone into my raised beds over the past four seasons. Compost, coir, potting soil, worm castings, cow manure, vermiculite, perlite, peat, mushroom compost, leaf mould, and probably a few other things that I cannot think of at the moment.
And right on the bottom is good old Carolina red clay!

Here's a view from the other end of the garden...

That look awesome lot bigger than most round here folks round here had to wate on weather to brake due to late frost and cold . yours is quite nice

We didn't get a late frost this year. That photo shows a row and a half of tomatoes. Half a row of sweet peppers and a row of melons in the forground.

Here's a melon...

I should have explained - the melons are planted on a ridge of mostly coir and compost, but they vine down over a piece of old carpet. I'm hoping it will keep the melons from rotting.

HMMM LOL we do that too make the lil fellers grow down hill so to say so they will be on carpet feller brought us some of that out door stuff light tan sheds water pretty good so the melons dont sit in water all the time works good .

Is that light tan carpet "plastic" or is it more like carpet. I would think the plastic stuff would get too hot for the melons to sit on.

This old carpet I'm using dries quickly in the hot sun.

naw its old style and its carpet not plastic stuff never did like that stuff even when it was new lol ..

Well, I'm going to disappear very soon. It's bedtime! I get up early so I can do what's needed in the garden before it gets too hot. Supposed to be in the 90's again tomorrow. Our old airconditioner has been working overtime again, hope it holds up. It's original to the house, which was built in the mid 1970's.

I saw some bamboo shoots poking through in my flower garden - they have to be dug out tomorrow or they'll take over the entire garden!

Night, night, Sarge ^_^

Night HB

Greenhouses are the perfect gardening tool as they allow you to plant a variety of products all year round. Second to that would it not be garden sheds as they are a veratile building for thde garden. All of these can be found at www.waltons.co.uk

you all seem to be done discussing tools but i will add mine anyway. : D

ho-mi or korean hoe. i get a lot of oooph with it, or i can just dig a nice little hole.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=10519&cat=2,44823&ap=1