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  • From: "Franklin W. Davis" <Parsons2 AT attbi.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] hoes ... again
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:25:45 -0400

  Hi Rosie...ayup...you can come visit me in Maine any time. If ya come out this way on vacation let me know...lotta nice and interestin' things to see and do.
  Get a hoe with a long handle...ya can always choke up on it. It goes without out sayin' that hoin' is hard work....so if ya don't have to go at it eight hours a day...don't...:-) I hoe mornin' and evenin' when it's cooler. If ya can't find a hoe handle to suit ya...get a piece of hickory and make one..:-) Ya can do a good job with a spoke shave and some sand paper. Franklin
 
----- Original Message -----
From: SisterSoap
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 7:55 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] hoes ... again

I've recently seen, in some gardening magazine?  A hoe and something else, recommended by Elliot Coleman.. I can't remember what it was in.  But reading that article, I realized I shouldn't be bending over chopping at the ground.. I even kept my thumbs up like he says to do.. I was amazed at how much easier that way.. 'cept my back can't take too much bending over..oy!
 
After reading the previous posts about hoes, I've decided I need to buy myself a decent hoe.  I've used one that my gramma had for years.. 'til the handle broke. 
 Last year I went to our local hardware store and bought the only one they had.  I'm going to give it to my girls, it's way too short for me.
 
Gardener's Supply Company has a goose neck hoe, it has a 58" hardwood ash handle, the blade is 6" hardened carbon steel..  I'm 5' 10".  Is that handle going to be long enough for me ?  I'm awfully "frugal" (not cheap like dh says!) and I'd hate to spend the money on another tool that I'm not going to be happy with.
 
Maybe I'll have to go visit Franklin and talk him outta one of his <g&d>
 
Rosie..Black Hills..South Dakota
 


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