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Post by seedjunkie on Dec 31, 2008 0:16:49 GMT -5
That is what I was figuring on. How crude of a tool. Anybody have the shoulder bone of an ox. Do they even have oxen in America anymore?
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Post by jason on Dec 31, 2008 1:41:16 GMT -5
Yeah digging sticks are essential and simple. Glad you are back, pretty cool to have someone else from Colorado here..
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Post by grunt on Dec 31, 2008 5:11:45 GMT -5
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Post by flowerpower on Dec 31, 2008 5:29:06 GMT -5
That is what I was figuring on. How crude of a tool. Anybody have the shoulder bone of an ox. Do they even have oxen in America anymore? Yes some people still keep Oxen. But they are HUGE and cost alot to feed. Try a butcher shop for the shoulder bone of a beefer. |
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Post by Alan on Feb 1, 2009 20:53:43 GMT -5
I have been making several Native American inspired hand tools over the past couple of years. Hoes made from deer shoulder blades or mussel shells were common here, rakes with deer antleres, mortar and pestal of limestone or granite, I made a modified digging or prodding stick for planting Ginseng that uses a pointed, hand wittled tobacco stick from our tobacco farm (doubles as walking stick and a piece of PVC tubing attached to it (very small diameter) that I can drop seeds into to insert them through the leaf litter, it works great. We will be building a chicken coop using native american technology this spring as well.
By the way, if you have not checked out the Native Seeds/SEARCH list for '09, do yourself a favor and do so now as there are some terrific varieties this year.
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