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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 2:13:46 PM
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ONION HOE
You slide it across the ground and it cuts the weeds off just under the soil, with hardly any pressure at all. It doesn't disturb the soil like a hoe does. And the weeds grow back in about the same amount of time as they do when you pull them by hand.
My flower bed went from this ...
to this...
in 21 minutes, including raking the weeds away and hand pulling the weeds in between the rocks.
Every farngirl needs an onion hoe. I have one more picture too of our big garden. I have to upload it though and I'll post it.
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 2:39:04 PM
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Wow! Nice! I am going to have to look for one of those!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 2:49:01 PM
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Here's a picture of our "Big Garden". My mother-in-law and I share it. It takes me 45 minutes to weed the whole entire thing by myself, with the onion hoe. You can't really tell how big the garden is in the picture, but it's big.
I am not sure where you can get them. It's an old tool. My mil said she saw them at Coastal Farms here in Oregon.
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 4:16:09 PM
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Shannon,
What is the brand name of this?
I searched for onion hoe and only got straight blade types.
This makes me want to do my weeding, I really want one.
KarenP
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 4:25:01 PM
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I have a similar one given to me by an elderly gentleman and he called it a Dutch hoe. It is the best thing ever and so much easier to work with than a regular hoe. Maybe you could search for it by that name. I know Lee Valley Tools carries them, but I'm not sure if that's a Canadian company or not.
Di
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 5:59:51 PM
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I found one called the winged weeder do you think it does the same thing?
http://www.wingedweeder.com/wingedweeder/index.html
Maybe I'll look at Farm and Fleet tomorrow and see if they have one like it.
KarenP
"Purest Spring Water in the World" |
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 10:15:01 PM
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Wow is that sucker cool!!!!!!!
Enjoying the moments. |
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
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Posted - Jun 30 2007 : 03:56:40 AM
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They are called Dutch hoes here too, and they work great!
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Runbikegrrl
True Blue Farmgirl
250 Posts
MaryAnn
Waterbury Ctr
VT
USA
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Posted - Jun 30 2007 : 05:00:41 AM
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Thank you Shannon! What great info...I have never seen one of those before or if I did had no idea what it was! BTW- your big garden is great. What do you and your MIL have in there I see zucchini, corn, lettuce? What are your crops...Do you to do a farms market, give to neighbors or is it all for family use? Do you can and freeze. Sorry for all the questions it is just when I see a large garden that is not a "commercial" garden I always wonder about these things
"So many interests so little time!"
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2007 : 07:57:29 AM
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Well we usually just have our own gardens at our own homes, but we decided last winter to do one big one for farmer's market. We put it at the house at the shop where my in-laws were moving out of and my BIL and SIL were supposed to be moving into this month. But my BIL has to stay in Iraq now until October. And then with moving and garage sales and my dog training we decided not to do farmer's market this year, but still put in kind of a "test garden".
The end I'm taking the picture from is all pumpkins. Mostly jack-o-lantern types, but also giants, jack-be-little and the white lumina's. We have a harvest party at my house every year and this year we are going to do a hay ride to the big garden to pick out pumpkins.
After that is zucchini and cucumbers we will probably share with everybody. Then indian corn which we will dry for farmers market next year. Some sweet corn for fresh eating. Then popcorn in the back, to show all the kids where it comes from. Then pole beans for freezing or canning, tomatos for canning, potatos, carrots and a bunch of herbs. Oh yeah decorative gourds and sunflowers along the back for picking and the birds.
We still have our own gardens too. The best thing in mine is heirloom tomatos and heirloom melons. Which I'm going to grow on a larger scale for farmers market next year.
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2007 : 12:23:38 PM
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I just got done weeding my garden. The whole time I was wishing for your hoe! All I have is a hand held hoe/rake thing from wal-mart! lol
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2007 : 2:18:27 PM
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Don't feel bad Alee. I just learned about it too. Too bad it was after my own garden got out of control. I just mow it.
Behind all those volunteer sunflowers in the middle, is a tangle of weeds and pumpkins. That my hoe can't even fix now. lol
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2007 : 5:06:31 PM
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I hate it when weeds get all tangled up with the good plants... I accidently murdered one of my tomato plants today while I was trying to cut back all the weeds!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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AliShuShu
True Blue Farmgirl
150 Posts
Alison
Charlotte
NC
USA
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Posted - Jul 01 2007 : 05:08:50 AM
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wah wah wah... i can't see the pics!! and when i try to view them, it takes me to photobucket but says "the page you are looking for cannot be found"!!!
i want to see this hoe... my dad has a very old unique hoe and tried to give it to me awhile back.. but i declined... now i want to see if this is what i passed up... i'm sure i can still get it...
Alison
I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. ~F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace
Namaste'
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
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Independence
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