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  • From: Scott Vlaun <scott@moosepondarts.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] What are your favorite permaculture tools?
  • Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:05:41 -0500

A few more ideas.

For growing food:

Soil Blockers, 3/4'" and 2" preferably including a stand-up model. no plastic pots
Stirrup Hoe, better yet a Wheel Hoe with Stirrup and furrower attachments.
Japanese hand sickle (Kama)
European Scythe (scythesupply.com)
Seed Cleaning Screens
4 tine cultivator for shaping beds and harvesting tubers
Farmer's hoe for terracing and swaling

For building:

Framing Chisels
Broad Axe
Draw Knife
Bit Brace
Pool trowel and hawk
Block and tackle with snatch block and 150 feet of line


Full disclosure: I source tools for Seed of Change and all the gardening tools except for the scythe are or will soon be available through them.


Scott Vlaun Moose Pond Arts+Ecology Design Solutions for a Sustainable Future
450 Main Street, Studio 2, Norway, Maine 04268 • 207-739-2409

On Dec 1, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Zachary Mermel wrote:

Greetings all,

As the global economy creaks and groans, now might be a good time to invest
in a full set of well-made tools. These tools could be purchased by an
individual, or by a co-op of neighbors who agree to share the tools.

So... What are some of *your *favorite tools? If possible, please list the
company from whom you sourced the tools.

Below is the beginnings of a comprehensive tools list:

**FELCO hand pruning shear
**lopper
**tree pruner (telescoping)
**hedge shear
**metal rake
**brush axe
**pulaski
**double-headed axe
**sledge hammer(s) (small and full-size)
**Haws watering can (metal) [available from Bountiful
Gardens<http://www.bountifulgardens.org>
]
**300' tape
**laser level
**D-handled spade [available from Bountiful Gardens]
**D-handled garden fork [available from Bountiful Gardens]
**compost fork
**flathead shovel
**widger (for transplanting seedlings) [available from Bountiful Gardens]
**cultivator (3-pronged)
**trowel
**transplanter trowel
**wooden garden cart
**digging bar
**horihori
**hand saw(s)


Peace and carrots,

--
Zach Mermel
ecological designer and educator
(808) 987-1816
---------
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It takes a touch of genius- and a lot of courage- to move in the opposite
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