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Post by oxbowfarm on Mar 17, 2012 8:16:40 GMT -5
Hey everybody, just a heads up that Lee Valley is doing their seasonal free shipping event.
They have some really nice tools, very excellent woodworking hand tools, and some good gardening/farming tools. They also carry a lot of silly gimmicky stuff in the gardening line but I can personally recommend the Clarington Forge digging tools, easily as high quality as Spear and Jackson stuff that I've seen and $40 cheaper, especially with free shipping.
My favorite item they carry is the small Japanese Draw hoe. I take off the little 18 inch handle and put it on a full sized homemade handle. It is by far my favorite cultivating hoe ever. I own a collinear hoe and never use it since I got my first Jap hoe. I've never bought the larger one but the small one with a full sized handle can do just about any hoeing job other than serious hilling/trenching.
I am not paid by Lee Valley in any way, but if they want me to sell out I am totally open to that.
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Post by stratcat on Mar 14, 2013 12:03:04 GMT -5
Here we go again. Free Shipping to Lower 48 States and Canada on orders of $40 or more for regular-sized items from 14 March to 25 March, 2013. www.leevalley.com/US/home/Announcement.aspxTwenty-seven months ago, I picked up a stainless steel digging fork during the free shipping event. Happy Christmas. Great tool! |
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Post by diane on Mar 14, 2013 21:42:17 GMT -5
and if you think the catalogues are enticing, you should try a store.
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 16, 2013 20:52:30 GMT -5
While surfing Lee Valley, I stumbled on cloches. While at Ikea, I found these clearish wastepaper baskets of poly prop for $1.99 What do you think of these as cloches (hole drilled in the bottom of them?) Attachments:
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Post by stratcat on Jun 28, 2013 10:32:17 GMT -5
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jul 5, 2013 9:00:41 GMT -5
I was appalled to see that they are DISCONTINUING my favorite hoe!! The only good thing about that is they are giving them away for $18. So I went ahead and ordered 3 more just to be safe even though I have a bunch already.. Seriously the best hoe I've ever owned. I take it off the little hand-hoe handle and put on a nice long homemade ash handle. I've been using my first one for several years on my soil and the corners are barely rounded. My soil could be considered abrasive.  |
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Post by Drahkk on Jul 5, 2013 19:53:00 GMT -5
Ox, your soil could be considered a stone quarry. Seriously though, for me that link just brings up a general shipping/discount options page with them. Which hoe were you referring to?
MB
Edit: Strike that. Now it goes to the Japanese draw hoe. Not sure what happened the first time.
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Post by MikeH on Jul 6, 2013 2:04:01 GMT -5
Thanks for the headsup. I've been clearing meadows in our woods and my riding mower tires have taken a pounding from the thorns on hawthorns. This sealant is GREAT - www.leevalley.com/US/garden/page.aspx?p=10140&cat=2,44639,33271. After repairing an initial leak with this sealant, I decided to fill the remaining two tires after a second developed a leak. Free shipping was sweet. |
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Post by steev on Jul 8, 2013 21:56:44 GMT -5
Ox; if you just get far enough away, your soil looks like loam.
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Post by mjc on Jul 8, 2013 22:01:40 GMT -5
Ox; if you just get far enough away, your soil looks like loam. How far? The International Space Station? And I thought I had rocky ground... |
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Post by nathanp on Jul 8, 2013 22:18:05 GMT -5
That looks like someone didn't quite finish burying a stone wall with a fine scattering of top soil.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jul 9, 2013 8:38:20 GMT -5
Ox; if you just get far enough away, your soil looks like loam. It IS. Chenango Channery Silt Loam. |
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Post by mjc on Jul 9, 2013 9:30:41 GMT -5
Ox; if you just get far enough away, your soil looks like loam. It IS. Chenango Channery Silt Loam. You do know that is just geologist speak for, not quite enough clay/lime to be mortar...right? |
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jul 9, 2013 15:42:39 GMT -5
Pedologist
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Post by steev on Jul 10, 2013 18:50:17 GMT -5
Really, the solution is to scale the seed to the particle size of the soil; maybe something like sea-coconuts.
Pedology: the study of soil in its natural environment. As opposed to what, soil in offices, museums, or strip clubs?
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