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Re: [permaculture] What are your favorite permaculture tools?
- 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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[permaculture] What are your favorite permaculture tools?,
Zachary Mermel, 12/01/2008
- Re: [permaculture] What are your favorite permaculture tools?, Lisa Rollens, 12/01/2008
- Re: [permaculture] What are your favorite permaculture tools?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 12/01/2008
- Re: [permaculture] What are your favorite permaculture tools?, Scott Vlaun, 12/01/2008
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