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  • From: "Rob Johnston Jr." <rob AT johnnyseeds.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Garden Tool Suggestions
  • Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 16:34:46 -0500


Jim and Julie Vaughn wrote:

> Wheel Hoe...suggestions on which brand/type is best and where is the best
> place to purchase
> Any other hand tool suggestions (such as all the hoe variations)?

These hoes are collaborations between Werner and Andreas Glaser in
Switzerland, Eliot Coleman, Tim Davis at Johnny's, and myself. The
Trapezoid, Collinear, and Stirrup hoes are presently discounted 20-30% on the
website.

Glaser wheel hoe:
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog2/details.html?edit_id=1060&name=Glaser%20Wheel%20Hoe

Trapezoid hoe (this is the 6.5-inch -- my fave is the 5-inch):
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog2/details.html?edit_id=1074&name=6.5%22%20Trapezoid%20Hoe

Collinear hoe -- also avail. "standard," which some prefer:
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog2/details.html?edit_id=1070&name=Collinear%20Hoe%20with%20Replacement%20Blade

Stirrup hoe -- 3 sizes = 3.25, 5.0, and 7.0-inch:
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog2/details.html?edit_id=1072&name=5%22%20Stirrup%20Hoe

Coming in the new catalog:
Long-Handled Wire weeder

--
Robert L. Johnston, Jr.
Chairman
Johnny's Selected Seeds (http://www.johnnyseeds.com)
Post: RD 1 Box 2580, Albion, Maine 04910 USA
Fax: 1.207.437.2422 (alternate= 1.207.437.2165)
Telephone: 1.207.437.9294






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