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  • From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
  • To: <sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net>, "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Re: tobacco and tillers vs. hoes
  • Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 13:26:27 -0500

Yes - carpal tunnel is a side effect that I got once we got our tiller -
although I am talking about the big one. Still, if you are using it a lot,
look out!
Jill, Wisconsin
----- Original Message -----
From: "robert schuler" <sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Re: tobacco and tillers vs. hoes


> Tobacco is a pesticide whether grown organic or not its dried and
> ground into a dust and applied to plants.
> Hoes, the best hoe is the triangular "warren hoe", you need to find an
> old one, mine is 50 years old, there was a certain hardness to the steel
> one piece forged with the socket, and bounce in the thin ash handles of
> that time that make them a pleasure to work with. The new ones just
> bounce off the soil and wear you out and break in a hour of use. You
> don't want a mantis tiller unless you like exhaust fumes noise and
> vibration...Bob.
> Sunny Meadow Farm
> Bridgeton, NJ.







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