The most useful tool in your shed?

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Re: The most useful tool in your shed?
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2016, 08:04 »
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Re: The most useful tool in your shed?
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2016, 14:04 »
Snowy, that looks brilliant!  There's even room for a pint of cider (or some other long, cool beverage) on the tray underneath, and if a long, curly straw was inserted into the bottle I wouldn't even need to bend to pick it up.

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Re: The most useful tool in your shed?
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2016, 14:33 »
gas stove and kettle

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Re: The most useful tool in your shed?
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2016, 17:20 »
The tool that get used the most is a hand version of dutch hoe, kept as sharp as I can make it.

It cuts weeds off in their prime, or even before then, is narrow enough to use between rows of plants, shuffles soil into a fine dry mulch around plants, and cornerwise can flick dandelions etc out of the path in a flash.

I found it on the dump two years ago and it is now used every day I am at the plot. It is ugly with rusty bits on the frame, and has a nasty looking plastic covered handle, but boy is it handy!!!   
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Re: The most useful tool in your shed?
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2016, 07:58 »
My ancient pitchfork gets the most use around here...use it every other day to flip deep litter in the coop and use it for fetching manure, wood chips, leaves, etc. to place on the garden and orchard. 

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Re: The most useful tool in your shed?
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2016, 09:35 »
The tool that get used the most is a hand version of dutch hoe, kept as sharp as I can make it.

It cuts weeds off in their prime, or even before then, is narrow enough to use between rows of plants, shuffles soil into a fine dry mulch around plants, and cornerwise can flick dandelions etc out of the path in a flash.

I found it on the dump two years ago and it is now used every day I am at the plot. It is ugly with rusty bits on the frame, and has a nasty looking plastic covered handle, but boy is it handy!!!   

Sounds like a tool I have which is a favourite. I think it is a type of 'onion hoe'. It has a thin blade which can be made very sharp.

Another favourite is what I believe was a type of hay rake. The handle is so badly (?) weathered and riddled with woodworm that it is 'feather light' so is easy to handle.

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Re: The most useful tool in your shed?
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2016, 14:33 »
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