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Post by johno on Nov 26, 2010 15:00:48 GMT -5
I like the way you think.
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Post by stevil on Nov 26, 2010 15:11:32 GMT -5
Good idea, Hristo, but I don't think it would sell here! We don't have darkness for 3-4 months in summer, so absolutely no problem midnight hoeing or even scything...
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Post by synergy on Nov 26, 2010 15:37:56 GMT -5
Anyone who spends a great deal of time outdoors year round could use those headlamps, I have lots of friends who use them tending their animals in the evenings and I intend to get one especially if they have a solar rechargable one .
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Post by Hristo on Nov 26, 2010 17:10:14 GMT -5
This simple tool helped me A LOT. I usually use the second mode (27 lamps on). It uses 3 x AA batteries and they last about 30 hours. I use good batteries, in this case - Varta, but next year will use rechargeable batteries. ;D Stephen, and what about the dark months? Do not tell me you are sleeping 20 hours a day during that period . Also a good seller will sold a refrigerator to Eskimo, or a cars with installed heating to people across the tropics, and you have doubts someone could sell this in Norway. ;D
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Post by mnjrutherford on Nov 26, 2010 21:52:45 GMT -5
Cool Tool Hristo! We saw a similar gadget at Harbor Freight today. The price was about the same as well. Another gadget there was a pocket scale for $20. A tad high since I also need a digital kitchen scale that will go up to about 10 lbs as well as down to a few grams with accuracy. But the pocket scale would be great for detailing additional data for my garlic. I was also thinking that it would be a good thing for the corn growers here who are also very detail oriented.
Do any of you remember the bug vacuum I was looking for earlier in the year? Well, there is a toy version that would not do what I want it to and there is an ag version as well. The ag version is several hundred dollars so way out of my league.
However, a stroke of luck! Our preferred vacuum cleaner is a Featherlite DirtDevil that clocks in at about $45 at Target. They only last about 4 year but boy, that puppy can suck the chrome off a bumper! ANYhow, ours died and we've gotten a new one. What to do with the old one? Well, Mike says the motor should be just fine. So, I'm putting him on the road to equipment development. We shall see what we shall see.
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Post by sandbar on Nov 27, 2010 2:24:24 GMT -5
my all-time favorite hoe is Coleman's Colinear Hoe from Johnny's: How is is used? Does Colinear imply both pushing and pulling? The advertisement mentioned thinning... How is that accomplished? Hey, Joseph ... sorry took so long to respond ... holidays came upon me and I was unprepared ... "Colinear" refers to the alignment of the hoe's blade with the handle. The hoe is used in an upright position with your thumbs pointing upward. Move the hoe's head just under the surface of the soil to slice off young weeds at the root level. Not useful on large, established weeds ... think weed seedlings. I use it to weed right up to the stem of any plant. I use it to thin beans, corn, etc. ... you just slice the undesired plants off at root level. Like the "shuffle" hoe (stirrup hoe), it doesn't disturb the soil deeply, thereby preventing weed seeds from being brought up to the soil's surface for germination. However, unlike the stirrup hoe, this is a very precise tool (hence it's usability for thinning rows) and, at 6'2" tall, it's the ONLY hoe I've ever used that is friendly to my back.
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Post by sandbar on Nov 27, 2010 2:44:09 GMT -5
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Post by stevil on Nov 27, 2010 4:54:23 GMT -5
;D Stephen, and what about the dark months? Do not tell me you are sleeping 20 hours a day during that period . Also a good seller will sold a refrigerator to Eskimo, or a cars with installed heating to people across the tropics, and you have doubts someone could sell this in Norway. ;D Actually, we have an interesting (extreme) sport here: Nightime ski orienteering (not very good on TV though)! The participants use similar headlights. Ordinary cross-country skiiers also use these, at the least as a back up in the case that the lights on the floodlit ski runs should fail! However, extreme gardening is a sport that always interested me. Perhaps a spot of nightime winter scything with headlamp might be an interesting experience. My neighbours probably suspect that I'm mad. This would convince them
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Post by Hristo on Nov 27, 2010 9:47:40 GMT -5
However, extreme gardening is a sport that always interested me. Perhaps a spot of nightime winter scything with headlamp might be an interesting experience. My neighbours probably suspect that I'm mad. This would convince them Well, look at the bright side of this - you will become (internationally) famous... I'm pretty sure your neighbours will call the TVs... ;D
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Post by steev on Dec 7, 2010 21:09:29 GMT -5
I find a Warren hoe (triangular blade) is very useful for planting trenching.
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Post by lavandulagirl on Dec 8, 2010 11:15:45 GMT -5
In terms of smaller tools, for gifts, etcetera... I am completely in love with the Leatherman tool Andre gave me about 8 years ago. I can use the pliers for wire (chicken coop, tying baling wire, etc), the small scissors-type tool for small pruning, the knife for cutting baling twine, and the bottle opener for the beer. I've even used it to do minor surgeries on the hens, as the knife was perfect for taking care of a bumblefoot issue last year, and the whole tool can be bleached. It's simply made of WIN! ;D
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Post by garnetmoth on Jan 20, 2011 15:38:12 GMT -5
I had a Leatherman but lost it on a college camping trip :-( May be time for a new one...?
I found some awesomeness curb-shopping last night. someone put out 2 porch-umbrellas. One grey canvas, one Bass beer white canvas. Besides being a bit smelly (wet), they are in perfect condition. I am going to use the fabric for making burden cloths! We dont have a picnic table outside, and the umbrellas werent really big enough for more than 1-2 people to sit under so not really worth making a stand for them- we have some dappled tree shade.
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