For many years I have been growing things and doing everything myself I have had to design hand implements to make my job, (especially, when it comes to weeding and getting amongst the plants without doing too much damage to them) easier.
Now I doubt whether you can buy any of these "implements" in the shop so you will have to make them yourself.
They are all in use although the ones I have indicated are still on trial.
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| Heavy Duty |
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| Heavy Duty Three Tine |
These are hoes I designed many years ago which I use to break the soil. I have not included the hoe (which actually is not a hoe) that I do use an awful lot because I did not design it myself, and that is the good old garden fork. I use this when breaking into new soil when preparing a bed for planting vegetables or flowers etc because you can get right down below the topsoil to loosen up the soil which is where the plants roots will be growing.
The one below was the first cultivator I made which I have been using for many years.The following ones I have copied from this one.
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| Original Cultivator |
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The Cultivators I have on Trial
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These cultivators are my newer ones. I needed smaller ones to get amonst the Cancerbush (see Wheatgrass and Cancerbush) so here they are. They all have different tasks however they are doing cultivating and so far rather admirably.
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Multi Purpose
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This one I designed for a Garden Service I had a few years ago. It started out as a ridger around flower beds but I have used it as a hoe, as a potato ridger as well as a cultivator.
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| Hand Hoe |
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Use of the Hand Hoe
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The hand hoe is actually a hoe I designed a long time ago but found it too small, so I have adapted it to loosen the soil in my "seedling boxes." It works great. It can also be used amonst flowers and veggies etc.
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| My Underberg babies |
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My Original "Sod Buster"
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The above two pics are the implements (with theGarden Fork) that are doing most of the hard work on the Labyrinth I am working on in Underberg.
Working virgin soil is very difficult. The "spade I use to dig the edges of the "walkways" in preparation for the fork. Now, there are some big clods that are "born" which are really hard to get rid of. The sod busters I use to help break down the clods so that moisture can penetrate. see Underberg Labyrinth.
And there you have it. Try making yourself one and see how well they work...........................
