Draw vs Dutch hoes

  • 18 Replies
  • 11058 Views
*

Salmo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Location: Peterborough
  • 3787
Re: Draw vs Dutch hoes
« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2009, 15:12 »
He also had a 12 inch wide push hoe with a tee handle for weeding between rows of sugar beet.

Larkshall - this is a breast hoe. Easier to push with a rope on the front attached to the little woman.

I can just remember seeing one of these used by a smallholder near Ramsey. Between the rows was weeded and then the men would gap the sugar beet to about 9 inches with a wide hoe.  The women/children would follow on their hands and knees singling out the clusters of sugar beet. Similar process with onions.

Although it was nice to see a big gang working their way across a field it was backbreaking work. These were certainly not the good old days.

*

Larkshall

  • Experienced Member
  • ***
  • Location: Hardwick, Cambourne, Cambs.
  • 173
Re: Draw vs Dutch hoes
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2009, 21:56 »
Hi Salmo.
My family came from Manea and before that, Downham Market.

*

Salmo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Location: Peterborough
  • 3787
Re: Draw vs Dutch hoes
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2009, 10:27 »
Moved a long way then! How do you cope with the altitude?

*

shaun

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Location: g.sutton/cheshire
  • 6948
Re: Draw vs Dutch hoes
« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2009, 19:22 »
this weekend i'm going to buy a shave hook and stick it onto a handle  ;) i'm not paying £30 for a diamond hoe .watch this space  :)
feed the soil not the plants
organicish
you learn gardening by making mistakes



xx
Which draw hoe?

Started by savbo on Equipment Shed

4 Replies
1761 Views
Last post October 04, 2011, 16:15
by savbo
xx
dutch hoe

Started by yellowkid on Equipment Shed

6 Replies
2691 Views
Last post November 25, 2007, 20:32
by WG.
xx
wanted vintage dutch hoe

Started by Offwego on Equipment Shed

5 Replies
2409 Views
Last post May 28, 2015, 12:45
by Uzzy
xx
Burgon and Ball Dutch hoe

Started by makedoandmend on Equipment Shed

4 Replies
2331 Views
Last post March 23, 2018, 11:17
by makedoandmend
 

Page created in 0.143 seconds with 35 queries.

Powered by SMFPacks Social Login Mod
Powered by SMFPacks SEO Pro Mod |