Gardening is like fishing in several ways. You can do it for dinner, or just for the halibut, you can do it for purely recreational or aesthetic reasons, or both. Can give you peace and relaxation, or vein-popping frustration. It helps to know the natural history of the place and your target. You can do it for very little money, or you can drag the bankrupt buying the tools and gadgets.
I'ma collector at heart, but also nearly broke most of the time, so I was hovering between extremes. I have more tools than many people because I worked as a professional for several years. But my favorite, the most frequent reliables I used, most could fit in the pocket of my jeans plus one hand for long. That's a good idea for a new gardener to start with the basics and then add the equivalent of Victoria special silver asparagus tongs and spoons runcible lefty, as the park progress.
Two things I always have in my pocket and I was Felcos hori-hori.
I do not support the commercial brands often, but the brand Felco pruning shears are the only one worth buying. They are a big investment at first, in the range of $ 50.00, but if you do not lose them their last pair you'll ever need to buy, because every part was replaced at a reasonable price. Blades easy to sharpen, and after several years of hard use or abuse you will pay under ten dollars-usually about six-to a new one. Felcos appear in various sizes and configurations, including left-handed, and you really need to try them like shoes. It's worth the effort; you'll know when you have the right fit.
Between suitable and sharpness, you will save damage to the joints and other vulnerable bits, and cut your plants. I still Felcos Hones sharply with some cheap-looking and work like emery boards; get it at a store utensils.
A hori-hori is a Japanese farmers' tool became popular here, too. It's a large, heavy knife, not too sharp, with a central channel and scooped up a jagged edge. Has a wooden handle and full tang: metal knife went all the way through, the handle. This is very strong, I often use mine by sticking a knife in the grass and stepped hard on the head of the handle, to lever it out. I have never damaged a hori-hori this way.
In fact, I have never broken one significant at all. This is one that spends at least one year under a pile of compost. When St. Anthony finally got around to answer their prayers, the hori-hori is handled a bit rusty and loose. That means a full tang handle is not loose any compromise function, and the rust off with a few uses, so I do not even have to explore it. In fact, I use it quite brutal to wedge some clay under the grip and it can not be separated again.
In future columns I will discuss larger and strange instruments, and the places I like to get them. www.berkeleydailyplanet.com
I'ma collector at heart, but also nearly broke most of the time, so I was hovering between extremes. I have more tools than many people because I worked as a professional for several years. But my favorite, the most frequent reliables I used, most could fit in the pocket of my jeans plus one hand for long. That's a good idea for a new gardener to start with the basics and then add the equivalent of Victoria special silver asparagus tongs and spoons runcible lefty, as the park progress.
Two things I always have in my pocket and I was Felcos hori-hori.
I do not support the commercial brands often, but the brand Felco pruning shears are the only one worth buying. They are a big investment at first, in the range of $ 50.00, but if you do not lose them their last pair you'll ever need to buy, because every part was replaced at a reasonable price. Blades easy to sharpen, and after several years of hard use or abuse you will pay under ten dollars-usually about six-to a new one. Felcos appear in various sizes and configurations, including left-handed, and you really need to try them like shoes. It's worth the effort; you'll know when you have the right fit.
Between suitable and sharpness, you will save damage to the joints and other vulnerable bits, and cut your plants. I still Felcos Hones sharply with some cheap-looking and work like emery boards; get it at a store utensils.
A hori-hori is a Japanese farmers' tool became popular here, too. It's a large, heavy knife, not too sharp, with a central channel and scooped up a jagged edge. Has a wooden handle and full tang: metal knife went all the way through, the handle. This is very strong, I often use mine by sticking a knife in the grass and stepped hard on the head of the handle, to lever it out. I have never damaged a hori-hori this way.
In fact, I have never broken one significant at all. This is one that spends at least one year under a pile of compost. When St. Anthony finally got around to answer their prayers, the hori-hori is handled a bit rusty and loose. That means a full tang handle is not loose any compromise function, and the rust off with a few uses, so I do not even have to explore it. In fact, I use it quite brutal to wedge some clay under the grip and it can not be separated again.
In future columns I will discuss larger and strange instruments, and the places I like to get them. www.berkeleydailyplanet.com
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