tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630316697430231000.post3061045809322879647..comments2023-10-02T04:46:35.441-04:00Comments on Becker Farms: Growing Challenge Check-In: PlantingJenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15171797412090628520noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630316697430231000.post-8470125006107551052009-06-03T19:39:48.197-04:002009-06-03T19:39:48.197-04:00My garden tool these days are my kneeling bench an...My garden tool these days are my kneeling bench and a right-angled trowel (insert in bench vise and PULL -- voila -- new improved tool). The bench has its own carpenter's apron with string, scissors, knife, packets of seeds. Our soil is a kind of undrainable muck that turns to iron when the sun comes out, so we farm on top of it in permanent hay-straw mulch -- can't make rows.<br /><br />Amish Paste was a bust for us this year and we have heard that from others, too. But you can come dig up up some of our rhubarb whenever you like (if you happen to be in Oregon at the time) ;)Doyu Shoninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630316697430231000.post-68986875142726446722009-06-02T21:14:12.984-04:002009-06-02T21:14:12.984-04:00FD & Julie - I totally agree, using your hands...FD & Julie - I totally agree, using your hands is the best way to go. Someday I'll start giving myself french manicures to hide all the dirt under my nails.<br /><br />Julie - Lol, I can see it now - Twister: Gardeners' Edition. Maybe trying to avoid soil compaction is nature's way of getting us to stretch. I know it sure makes my muscles hurt the next day.<br /><br />Angie - I'm glad you like my new garden, I would have happily shared it when I was planting the whole darn thing! :) I still haven't got it full and I'm almost out of things to plant. <br /><br />That hoe is an amazing gift, it sounds like your husband must be equally amazing to think up and create such a gift. What a great way to keep that memory with you.Jenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171797412090628520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630316697430231000.post-32659986126387964562009-06-02T19:31:24.277-04:002009-06-02T19:31:24.277-04:00Angie- I think this is the only garden tool that e...Angie- I think this is the only garden tool that ever brought tears to my eyes :)<br /><br />My hands are my favorite kitchen tool, too.Farmer's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993260095409544097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630316697430231000.post-45750026564913234412009-06-02T13:05:06.913-04:002009-06-02T13:05:06.913-04:00Hi Jena,
This is one awesome looking garden row. ...Hi Jena,<br /><br />This is one awesome looking garden row. I'm envious. <br /><br />My favorite tool is the hula hoe that my husband hand made for me for my 40th birthday with a white oak sapling handle from our land, engraved our farm name and scratched on it a silhouette of our dog (who we had to put to sleep two years ago) so that she can still be in the garden with me. That is my favorite tool.<br /><br />Here are my others: garden fork, cobrahead weeders, and a really nifty japanese hoe (http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_center/product_details.aspx?item_no=PS16211).angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580426976030683874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630316697430231000.post-48121979003843304502009-06-02T12:52:53.546-04:002009-06-02T12:52:53.546-04:00I have to agree with Farmer's Daughter on this one...I have to agree with Farmer's Daughter on this one. I like to use my hands for most things in my (small) garden! In early spring I use a shovel to loosen the dirt, but I mostly just use my hands or a small hand shovel after that. And to plant: picture Twister-like positions as I balance on my stepping stones and lean over to plant my little veggie patches trying to make the most of what little space I have! =DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630316697430231000.post-29802546127462836462009-06-01T21:30:55.006-04:002009-06-01T21:30:55.006-04:00I'd have to say my favorite garden tool is my ...I'd have to say my favorite garden tool is my hands. I get down in the dirt and become a messy mess. I plant seeds, weed, pick off bugs, harvest, do everything and anything with my hands.Farmer's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993260095409544097noreply@blogger.com