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Handy, Unusual Garden Tools and Toys
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Handy, Unusual Garden Tools and Toys
Who out there has an uncommon little tool or gadget that really comes in handy in the garden? I'll start.
I get packs of those 12" bamboo shish kabob skewers. They're awesome for all kinds of stuff. Some of which are:
- they're 12" long, just the length/width of a square.
- you can mark lines on them for measuring spacing.
- you can mark lines on them for planting depths, and make seed holes.
- you can pry and pull up a stubborn weed.
- you can add a piece of packing tape to the top, write on it, and fold it back on itself for a quick and handy plant/row/whatever flag/marker.
- you can use them as an early stake support for plants.
And the list goes on and on.
Next to the basics of a shovel and water, probably the one item I use most in the garden.
I get packs of those 12" bamboo shish kabob skewers. They're awesome for all kinds of stuff. Some of which are:
- they're 12" long, just the length/width of a square.
- you can mark lines on them for measuring spacing.
- you can mark lines on them for planting depths, and make seed holes.
- you can pry and pull up a stubborn weed.
- you can add a piece of packing tape to the top, write on it, and fold it back on itself for a quick and handy plant/row/whatever flag/marker.
- you can use them as an early stake support for plants.
And the list goes on and on.
Next to the basics of a shovel and water, probably the one item I use most in the garden.
vortex-
Posts : 81
Join date : 2015-03-26
Location : Midwest - Zone 6
Re: Handy, Unusual Garden Tools and Toys
At 73 I hate bending down to do any weeding. My absolute favorite tool I take with me when checking the garden. I use it as a walking stick with the handle down to the ground or as a tool. It gets into the tiniest spots to weed out a culprit.

This photo above gives you a general idea of its size. The business end is only 2"wide by 5" long and it has a 4 1/2 foot long handle.
Its named a Telesco Weeder and you can turn the midsection to make it shorter-handled if you like, but I never do. I keep it full length.

It roots out the smallest of weeds just as they get started. Here I'm working in my flower garden around the tomatoes.

Above: I can push it right under a plant to get at a weed. Give it a press and a pull and its defeated another weed.

As you can see above, it gets right into the tightest spaces.
Its similar to a stirrup hoe but much smaller and it doesn't wiggle back and forth. Its stationery. I thought I bought mine a Johnny Seeds but can't find it in their latest catalog.

This photo above gives you a general idea of its size. The business end is only 2"wide by 5" long and it has a 4 1/2 foot long handle.
Its named a Telesco Weeder and you can turn the midsection to make it shorter-handled if you like, but I never do. I keep it full length.

It roots out the smallest of weeds just as they get started. Here I'm working in my flower garden around the tomatoes.

Above: I can push it right under a plant to get at a weed. Give it a press and a pull and its defeated another weed.

As you can see above, it gets right into the tightest spaces.
Its similar to a stirrup hoe but much smaller and it doesn't wiggle back and forth. Its stationery. I thought I bought mine a Johnny Seeds but can't find it in their latest catalog.
quiltbea-
Posts : 4712
Join date : 2010-03-21
Age : 81
Location : Southwestern Maine Zone 5A
Re: Handy, Unusual Garden Tools and Toys
They sell the Telesco Weeder on Amazon. I did not search to see if that was the cheapest place to buy the weeder.
http://www.amazon.ca/Garden-Bandit-Telesco-Weeder/dp/B002SV1BS4
http://www.amazon.ca/Garden-Bandit-Telesco-Weeder/dp/B002SV1BS4
yolos-
Posts : 4152
Join date : 2011-11-20
Age : 73
Location : Brooks, Ga Zone 7B/8A
Re: Handy, Unusual Garden Tools and Toys
Well this year it's the insect barrier my DH bought. Was kind of costly and truthfully I I wondered how it it could really keep insects out. Turns out, I've had to use it as a shade barrier to save my plants this year ( especially the tomatoes) from wilting away entirely. The tomatoes don't get full sun until 10:15 AM and by 11:45 they are drooping terribly even though the soil is plenty moist.
It claims to allow 90% of the UV rays through, so they still get sun without the scorch.

It claims to allow 90% of the UV rays through, so they still get sun without the scorch.

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Posts : 143
Join date : 2014-05-06
Location : Georgia

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