Invite back to Good Gardening! In our Week 11 discussion, we wanted to know what the absolute must-have gardening tool is for our Excellent Garden enthusiasts. We got a lot of submissions. Here are some we liked …
Esther Colwell should have read my mind when, on the Sunday following Friday’s post, I began clearing the molding remains of my squash vines with my trusty “hori hori” a normal Japanese tool likewise called a “Leisure knife” (レジャーナイフ, rejā naifu) or “Sansai knife” (山菜ナイフ, sansai naifu). “Hori” is an onomatopoeia for a digging sound. In any case, Esther also utilizes one:
Andy’s Japanese hori hori.
It was provided to me many years back by my aunt Marian, who likewise loved to garden,” Esther composed in. “It is great for tough weeds like dandelion roots, blackberries, and poison oak.”
Monica Richard’s “pick-axe hoe-thingy.”
Qualified Permaculturalist Monica Richards wrote it to say the only thing she ever utilizes is her, “pick-axe hoe-thingy.”
On social media, we heard Emily Stover provide 2 thumbs up for the “halo hoe” which is an accuracy deweeding tool that can be utilized from the comfort of a standing position, the very same position from which GNN Founder Geri Weis-Corbley uses a mini-rake for clearing debris around the trunks of crucial plants.
“They who sing in the summer should dance in the winter season,”– Italian Proverb.
Subject Week 12: End of season lessons learned
Concern 1: What have you discovered after a complete season of gardening?
Question 2: What mistakes did you make that you will get right next year?
Concern 3: Did you learn anything new from GNNs Good Gardening?
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