permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 3:53 PM Marcello Cappellazzi <mcappel@ncsu.edu>
wrote:

> *Register Now! Innovative Hand Tools Workshop | April 24, 2019*
>
>
> Join Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) Small Farm Unit staff
> Leeanna Bunch and Matt Ball, and Johnny’s Selected Seeds representative
> Blake Thaxton for a workshop using innovative hand tools in the field.
> Small scale mixed annual vegetable producers will have a chance to view
> these tools and try them out in person. Tools that will be showcased
> include: silage tarps, tilther, flame weeders, quick-cut greens harvester,
> Jang JP-1 seeder, Terratek double wheel hoe, and paperpot transplanter, We
> will also use specialized long handled tools including the zipper, half
> moon hoe, stirrup hoe, collinear hoe, broadfork, and CobraHead.
>

That is fantastic. What a great event to have; much needed. The Gulland
Broadfork is the best broadfork on the market and there are many others.
Country Farm and Home in Pittsboro sells it. It is manufactured in Siler
City.
Add to the list the circle hoe (Google it for images). It works really
well. I made one for a customer. I would suggest adding the Austrian scythe
also. Scythes and scythe use are making a comeback.

Here are images of the most important tools in my collection. The
manure/compost/weeds rake is made from a pitchfork blade heat-bent to form
the curved tines, super useful. The short pipe-handled antique "potato"
digger fork is one of the top most functional tools I have ever used. It
came from a quaint antique shop and plant nursery between Pittsboro and
Siler City many years ago. Someone should manufacture that tool; I have
never seen another one like it.
The seeding rakes in the picture come from Holland and Germany (De Witt)
and eye hoes from Germany (De Witt) and Japan (Hida Tool), both are tools
not to be without. The quartet Bulldog (Smith and Hawken) digging spade,
garden spade, digging fork and spade fork are indispensible, especially for
double-digging a garden and were present at every site at the beginning of
the organic gardening movement i the late 1960's. Alan Chadwick used all of
them at his biodynamic French intensive raised bed demo garden at U.C.
Santa Cruz; John Jeavons at Bountiful Gardens also used these tools to turn
marginal soil into productive garden soil.

Images of my most often used garden tools:
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared/home/images-of-my-most-often-used-garden-hand-tools


>
> *Date:* April 24, 2019
>
> *Time:* 1:00 - 4:00 pm
>
> *Location:* The Small Farm Unit at CEFS' Field Research, Outreach, and
> Education Facility at Cherry Research Farm, 400 Old Smithfield Rd.,
> Goldsboro NC 27530
>
> *Cost: *$10
>
> REGISTER HERE <https://commerce.cashnet.com/NCSUCEFS?ITEMCODE=CALS2-IHTW>
>  | *MORE INFO
> <https://cefs.ncsu.edu/event/innovative-hand-tool-workshop/>*
>
>
> Please bring gloves and a reusable water bottle, wear closed-toe shoes,
> and dress appropriately for outdoor demonstration. Water and snacks will be
> provided.  Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Walk-ins
> are accepted the day of the event ONLY IF there are spaces available.
>
>
> **Note: this workshop will also be offered in Forsyth County in May.  Stay
> tuned for details!*
>
>
> *About Johnny’s Selected Seeds: Johnny’s Selected Seeds is a privately
> held, employee-owned seed producer and merchant headquartered in Winslow,
> Maine, USA.Our mission is helping families, friends, and communities to
> feed one another by providing superior seeds, tools, information, and
> service.*
>
> *About the Small Farm Unit at CEFS Field Research, Outreach, and Education
> Facility at Cherry Research
> Farm: https://cefs.ncsu.edu/field-research/small-farm-unit/
> <https://cefs.ncsu.edu/field-research/small-farm-unit/>*
>
>
> *Find this workshop on the CEFS website, here
> <https://cefs.ncsu.edu/event/innovative-hand-tool-workshop/>.*
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>


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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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Avant Geared
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