Subject: [permaculture] Farm & Garden Handtool Sourcelist (Attn.: Rick Valley; found Chillington and Bellota eye hoes, see reference for Crocodile, USA)
Imported Dutch T-Handled Garden Forks:
3-tine long garden fork (6")
4-tine long digging fork (9") (very fine tool)
4-tine short planting fork (6")
Imported Dutch T-Handled Garden Spades:
Long planting spade
Short planting spade
Border shovel
Large digging shovel (very fine tool)
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You can find three variants on the Japanese eye hoe (from S & H in past
years)
available in hardware stores and mail order:
A nice short-handled Portuguese-made eyehoe from Lee Valley Tools -
two types of heads & less than $20 each - excellent quality cast steel
head,
well designed with a good heavy duty handle
Several eyehoes from Hida Tool Co., Japanese-made:
-Farmer Hoe - like the old S&H but lighter duty - still a beautiful
tool -
same proportions on blade and with the usual slight tapering of blade
thickness
from edge to eye
-Farmer Rake - this is one of the most beautiful tools I have ever seen -
heavy duty - three flat 1" wide, very long, tapered (in thickness) tines
in a
wide configuration, heavy Japanese oak handle - a lifetime tool to do
real
work with - there is no other tool like it on the market today - its
not a rake
but is a digger/tilther/earth mover/weeder - a serious tool for the
serious gardener
-Ridge-Making Hoe - This, too, is a serious heavy-duty large hilling
hoe for
prepping raised beds and rows and generally moving dirt. .
From:
Hida Tool and Hardware Co. http://www.hidatool.com
hidatool@hidatool.com
1333 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley, CA 94702
510-524-3700 (telephone) 510-524-3423 (fax)
9:00 to 5:00 (PT) Mon to Sat
1-800-443-5512 (telephone) 1-888-524-7473(fax)
Hand tools
Japanese Woodworking tools
Handcrafted Japanese Garden & Bomsai Tools
(there's no pix of these tools & you'll probably have to call them to
get a price (about $45 each) Get the Hida Tool catalog to get the price
sheet
The Ames or Seymour versions that are made in Austria - lots of
different head configurations, nicely made forged
but none as functional or heavy as the Japanese version - not pricey and
available from AE Leonard mail order and many hardware stores
"MUTT" from Lowes or Home Depot, heat and bend the blade to make
it into a hoe; has a socket for a long handle - beautiful tapered blade,
heavy,
long -- has lots of potential - comes in two versions:
long/narrow, short/wide - all have 1/4" steel or better - heat treat and
temper it for better edge-holding and weed/turf slicing
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From: rick valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>:
Marugg Co.
for scythes
<Marugg@BLomand.Net>
and
Hida Tool Co.
for Japanese gardening, carpentry and bamboo working tools
1-800-443-5512
They're a fine outfit, excellent service & the best quality -
Japanese tools come in a huge range of quality.
Hida is the Co. I get the Ebinata from, a hatchet-type
tool I wrote up for the Activist once- great for mulching up trees.
Another fine company is Bellota, out of the Basque country in Spain- I
have a
10yr-old catalog and one eye hoe, beautifully forged of incredible steel-
double-ended, a three-inch chisel & two 5/8 inch prongs on the other.
They also manufacture in Venezuela.
Bellota:
Tel. 34-43-730-000. Fax 34-43-733-524.
Expect Spanish, but they'd probably love it if you spoke Basque.
ARS saws and pruners are also favorites of mine; a wholesale source of them
and more, that'll lead you to a retail source is Barnel: (800) 877-9907 or
<info@barnel.com>
Rick Valley,
Rick Valley Northern Groves
PO Box 1236, Philomath, OR 97370
Mobile-(541)602-1315, hm.& msg. (541)929-7152
Bamboo catalog $2 or at <http://www.teleport.com/~dbrooks/bamboo.html>
"Useful Bamboos and other plants - Permaculture education - Ecological
design
& consultation centering on water, landform and horticultural systems"
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Broadforks or U-Bar Diggers:
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Eliot Coleman's design sold by Johnny's Selected Seeds as
"Johnny's Broadfork". $109.00. Description (edited) from Johnny's website:
"Eliot Coleman design, Maine made. A remarkably light but strong 24"
wide steel fork base with 10 1/2" long tines and 50" oiled ash handles. http://www.johnnyseeds.com/cgi-local/Minishopsql4.cgi?action=page&adver=other&partnumber=9677
(in the picture on the website it looks like it may have 5 or 6 tines)
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Peaceful Valley Farm Supply offers a very heavy steel
alloy/non-rusting, tig-welded model which was written
up in Taunton Press' "Kitchen Gardener" in an article about the
author's favorite tools. PVFS calls this tool the "Deep Spader".
The four pointed tines are 16" long; tool width is 18". The tine section
is bolted to to the long handle made of 1" pipe. The Deep Spader weighs
30 pounds and costs $139.00.
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
Toll free: 1-888-784-1722
PO BOx 2209
Grass Valley, Calif., 95945
530-272-4769
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A.M. Leonard catalogue has a great cast broad fork for around $80.00
delivered. It is great for digging through compost, straw, etc; very
well made and a dream to use (800) 543-8955.
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The Ralph Martindale Group of Companies http://www.ralphmartindale.co.uk/
E-mail: Crocodile@RalphMartindale.co.uk
Ralph Martindale (Birmingham) Ltd
Telephone: +44 (0) 1902 826826 Fax: +44 (0) 1902 826827
Crocodile House, Strawberry Lane, Willenhall, West Midlands WV13 3RS,
England
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Ralph Martindale & Co., Ltd. http://www.ralphmartindale.co.uk/ralphmartindale/
Web: www.ralphmartindale.co.uk E-mail: crocodile@ralphmartindale.co.uk
Matchets Agricultural Hand Tools
Cane Knives Survival Knives
Sharpening Files & Saws Knives & Files
Digging/Construction Tools Sickles
Sheaths Gardening Tools
From their website:
"The genuine "Crocodile" blade is made from hot rolled high quality
British Steel by our own Mill.
The strip is tapered in section to optimise the unique cutting
characteristics with the weight of
the tool. Each face of the blade has three grooves which assist the
blade's removal from sapwood.
The grooves extend to the tang of the blade to form a mechanical lock
with the handle.
Our product is therefore lightweight and easy to use. The blade is roll
forged to give an
outstandingly well balanced tool to meet the arduous demands of rural
farmers throughout the
tropical regions of the world. Only "Crocodile" brand machets are made
from tapered steel section
with grooves which makes our product distinctly better than our
competitors. Quality is assured
because we control every stage of production from steel billet to
finished machet.
Every blade is individually tested to ensure the hardened and tempered
steel characteristics
conform to our strict quality controls. We guarantee 100% inspection.
All our handles are made from German beech wood. We monitor the moisture
content of the timber
to make sure the product is consistent and does not split under normal
circumstances.
The timber is cross-sawn for maximum strength and stability. The handle
is fitted to the blade
with solid steel rivets and washers. A special factory fitting technique
is employed which has
been perfected from 125 years experience to ensure our product is the
best value for money
and outlasts the life of other brands."
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The Chillington Tool Company
A Ralph Martindale Group Company http://www.chillington.co.uk/chillington.html
Web: www.chillington.co.uk E-mail: crocodile@chillington.co.uk
From their website:
"The Chillington Tool Company has been supplying the agricultural and
construction
industries with quality hot forged Hoes and Forks for over one hundred
years.
Using high carbon British steel, Chillington sets the highest standard
for quality
worldwide. Chillington manufactures a large selection of patterns in a
wide range of
sizes. Chillington Hoes and Forks are sold throughout the world under a
number of
different brand names, the most famous being the "Crocodile". All
Chillington products
are recognised as the hallmark of quality, durability and reliability."
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Crocodile USA
Highest Quality hot forged Hoes and Forks
Tel: (408) 330-9222
Fax: (408)-330-9221
457 Mathew St.
Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA
info@crocodileusa.com http://www.crocodileusa.com
For a complete display of tools available see: http://www.crocodileusa.com/brochure.html
See also: http://www.chillington.co.uk/chillington.html http://www.chillington.co.uk/latinamerica.html http://www.chillington.co.uk/northafrica.html http://www.chillington.co.uk/asia.html http://www.chillington.co.uk/srilanka.html
"The prices seem pretty reasonable, and they do Mail Order.
They're a set of tools where the blade is set at a right
angle to the handle - used like a mattock, and very versatile,
as you can dig, cut through roots, hoe etc.
Whenever you see farm workers in the Developing World on TV,
they're using this type of tool,"
Tata Steel http://www.tatasteel.com/agrico/aboutus.htm
From their website:
TATA Agrico, a division of Tata Steel is the pioneer manufacturer of
superior
quality agricultural implements in the country. Since 1925, it has been the
leading manufacturer of Shovels, Powrahs, Crowbars, Kudalies, Pickaxe
and Hammers.
These implements cater to the needs of Agricultural, Horticulture Industry,
Maintenance of Roads, Dams, Railway- Tracks, Collieries, etc., in India
and abroad.
See this page for an amazing display of eye hoes: http://www.tatasteel.com/agrico/products.htm
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WOONG CHUEN IND. CO., LTD.
Address:
HEAD OFFICE
Seobong Bldg., 72, Samjeon-dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul,
138-180
Korea (South)
FACTORY
"Farm & Garden Tool" IN CHINA
Phone: 82-2-419-8940
Fax: 82-2-419-5542
Contact: President / Dan Lee.
E-mail: woongchuen@woongchuen.com http://www.woongchuen.com
See this page for an impressive display of hoes, shovels, forks and
other farm and garden tools:
http://www.woongchuen.com/product.htm
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PANZERI TOOLS s.n.c.
ITALY
panzeri.tools@iol.it http://www.panzeri-tools.it/
PANZERI TOOLS s.n.c.
via Luigi e Pietro Pozzoni n.16
24034 Cisano Bergamasco ITALY
Tel. +39 035 787016 Fax +39 035 787555
Costruzioni Attrezzi Agricoli da Giardino e Forestali
Manufacturing Agricultural Tools Forestry Tools Gardening Tools Hand
tools forged
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Agricultural Hand Tools
MICROCER - KANJIZA - Exprt-Import trading company
Voice contact is on hungarian and serb languages. Fax and other (E-mail)
send on European languages.
ADDRESS:
D.O.O. MICROCER
Strosmajer 22.
24420 Kanizsa
Yugoslavia
E-MAIL:
office@microcer.co.yu
Telefon:
(+381) 024 873-435
Fax:
(+381) 024 874-435 http://www.microcer.co.yu http://www.microcer.co.yu/mezgaz/mezgaze.html http://www.microcer.co.yu/indexe.html
The Striking Tools Company http://www.strikingtools.net/shovel3.html
Gardening and agricultural hand tools
C - 1/19, Safdarjang Development Area
New Delhi -110016
INDIA
Tel
+91-11-3715431/3722159
Fax
+91-11-3715096
E-Mail
info@strikingtools.net
Japanese gardening tools:
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Japanese KAMA scythes are of high-quality steel
and come in a size to suit every need. Their knives
(splitting bamboo etc) are excellent.
For more information contact Matsumoto-san,
a permaculture activist in Japan with good contacts with many local
factories that make high quality tools, often by hand. His address is:
Noboru Matsumoto
402 Shiyona-Zho
Kasugai-Shi
Aichi, Japan.
Catherine Pawasarat (asaka@gol.com) should know his email address
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Seeds of Change
Bulldog Garden Tools
(made in England at factory in Wigan, sold under the Record name)
Seeds of ChangeĀ®
PO Box 15700
Santa Fe NM 87506
1-888-762-7333
Email address:
gardener@seedsofchange.com http://st4.yahoo.com/seedsofchange/bulrectool.html
Bountiful Gardens
1999 Main Catalog http://www.bountifulgardens.org/bgmain.htm
-- Biointensive and organic --
garden seed and supplies
Garden tools and supplies: http://www.bountifulgardens.org/toolmain.htm
Spear & Jackson digging tools (D-handles fork & spade,
other English & oriental tools
Bill and Betsy Bruneau, Managers
Bountiful Gardens 18001 Shafer Ranch Road, Willits, CA 95490-9626 USA
voice/fax 707-459-6410
Email: bountiful@zapcom.net
(C) Copyright 1999, Ecology Action of the Midpeninsula, Inc. dba
Bountiful Gardens.
Garden Tools of Maine http://members.aol.com/gtmaine
RR2, Box 2208, Holden, Maine 04429
Phone: 888 271 2672 Fax: 888 271 2674
Email: gtmaine@aol.com
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Hortus Ornamenti http://www.greenwich.co.uk/hortus/index.htm
"Fine Gardening Tools
Hortus Ornamenti prides itself on producing some of the finest quality
hand made gardening tools and accessories available today. The designs
are inspired by those of bygone eras, these are ideal gifts for
the discerning gardener."
Address:
Hortus Ornamenti
23 Cleveland Road
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 2HF
United Kingdom
Telephone/Fax:
+44(0)1243 782467
Email to fax:
remote-printer.Hortus_Ornamenti@7.6.4.2.8.7.3.4.2.1.4.4.tpc.int
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Lee Valley & Veritas http://www.leevalley.com
"If you have ideas for new tools (either gardening or woodworking),
or other recommendations, we would like to hear from you.
You can reach us by mail at these addresses:
USA & International
We serve USA and international customers by mail order. Packages can be
shipped by UPS ground to anywhere in continental USA. Packages to Alaska and
Hawaii are shipped by UPS air.
Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
Mail Order Center
12 East River Street
P.O. Box 1780, Ogdensburg, N.Y. 13669-6780
USA
Canada
We serve Canada by mail order and through our retail stores. See our store
location maps for the store nearest you.
Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
Mail Order Center
1090 Morrison Drive
P.O. Box 6295, Stn. J, Ottawa, Ontario K2A 1T4
Canada
or by telephone at these numbers:
USA
1-800-267-8735
Canada
1-800-267-8761
International
1-613-596-0350
or e-mail us at customerservice@leevalley.com
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A. M. Leonard http://www.amleo.com
Sales: (sales@amleo.com)
Customer: Service (custserv@amleo.com)
General Information: (info@amleo.com)
To order call toll free number 24 hours a day at (800) 543-8955.
Customer Service/Technical Assistance call 8:00am - 5:00pm EST at (800)
543-8955.
Fax: 24 hours a day, toll free, at (800) 433-0633
A. M. Leonard, Inc.
241 Fox Drive
Piqua, Ohio 45356-0816
Tree maintenance and nursery equipment, miscellaneous gardening/landscaping
tools/supplies, eye hoes, scythes
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Smith & Hawken
http://www.smith-hawken.com http://st3.yahoo.com/smithandhawken
"Tools of the Trade - A Complete Source For the Organic Gardener"
Orders:
2 Arbor Lane, Box 6900
Florence, Kentucky, 41022-6900
1-800-776-3336
Customer Service: 1-800-776-5558
General info:
25 Corte Madera
Mill Valley, California, 94941
1-415-383-2000
Also excellent! you may need to ask them what tools they
have for sale that are not listed in their catalogue,
held-over stock offered in out-of-date ones -
i.e. the 4"X7" Japanese field hoe (grub-type eye hoe using 1 3/4" X 54"
handle) they used to offer, an indispensible tool!
They now offer English Bulldog brand eye hoes; also a complete line of
digging forks, digging spades, spade forks, border forks and border spades
and straight snath scythe systems.
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Smith & Hawken and A.M. Leonard sell a scythe system with a straight
wooden snath (lightweight, strong & easy to use) and an Austrian
lightweight
grass & grain blade that is thin, long and can easily be sharpened.
This tool is perfect for cutting lawns. It _can_ remove weeds/grass right
down to the ground. It's fairly easy to maintain the proper stance and
swinging
motion to cut your grass to a consistant height and in regular arcs that
blend
together evenly. A wonderful tool, indespensible for the rural dweller
and suburban
gardener alike. Smith & Hawken sells a straight two-handled model while
AM Leonard sells a slightly curved one with one handle (you grip the top
of the
handle with your other hand). It is possible that S & H no longer
carries their
model, but if they get enough requests for it that might offer it again.
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Gardex http://www.gardexindia.com
"Gardex offers the widest and most comprehensive range of agro/garden
tools from
India. We can develop any model as per your requirement"
- Marketing Office:
808, Antriksh Bhawan
22, Kasturba Ghandhi Marg
New Delhi - 110001 (India)
Tel. : (91 - 11) 3715431, 3722159
Fax. : (91 - 11) 3715096
E- Mail : sarat@gardexindia.com
- Corporate Office:
C- 7 Focal Point
Jalandhar - 144 004 (India)
Tel. : (91 - 181) 290889, 293890, 293891
Fax. : (91 - 181) 290562, 225581,
E- Mail : corporate@gardexindia.com
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Peaceful Valley Farm Supply http://www.groworganic.com
Tel: (530) 272-4769
Fax: (530) 272-4794
OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PST
PEACEFUL VALLEY FARM SUPPLY
P.O. Box 2209
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Spear & Jackson Tools + many other useful brands
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Walt Nicke
1-978-887-3388
Walte Nicke's Gardentalk
A Catalog of Fine Tools for Gardeners http://www.gardentalk.com
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This sourcelist contains new information on mail ordering English-made
Bulldog (Record-Bulldog) garden tools from companies in the USA.
Until recently there has not been a source for them here;
for those not familiar with Bulldog, they are lifetime quality tools
traditionally hand-forged, highly functional, strong and durable.
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James Cooksons (Stockport) Ltd.
Cheshire, U.K. http://www.cooksons.com
Spear & Jackson, Bulldog (Record/Bulldog) and other brands of high-quality
traditional English hand garden tools. Many different types of spades,
forks, hoes and other implements. Contact them for a catalog - they do mail
order sales to USA (no duty, no VAT, depending on where you live you may
only pay state use tax).
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Seeds of Change
P.O. Box 15700
3209 Richards Lane
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87506
1-888-762-7333
505-438-6529
gardener@seedsofchange,com
Retail mail order sales of English Record/Bulldog garden tools:
heavy duty digging fork and digging spade and many others
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The Kinsman Co.
Kinsman Garden Company, Inc.
River Road
P.O. Box 357
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 18950
1-800-733-4146, 215-297-0890 (local) info & orders
Fax: 215-297-0450
215-297-5613 wholesale
Website: http://kinsmangarden.com
Email: kinsmangarden@bux.com
Retail mail order sales of English Record/Bulldog garden tools
Kinsman carries a half dozen or so of the more popular English Bulldog
tools under the Record name (Record now owns the Bulldog garden tool line).
They have their own catalog with these and many other garden items listed:
digging spade, border spade, digging fork, border fork, poachers spade
(rabbiting tool - good for planting or transplanting), hand fork & trowel
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Record Tool North American Distributor
Record Tools, Inc.
1920 Clements Rd.
Pickering, Ontario, Canada, L1W-3V6
(Canada #) 905-428-1077
(USA #) 716-842-1180
Record Tools, Inc. provides wholesale and retail outlets with a very
wide array of Record/Bulldog garden tools. Call or write them for their
garden tool catalog.
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Miscellaneous phone numbers:
Gardener's Supply Co. (800-863-1700)
A.M. Leonard (800-543-8955
Smith & Hawken (800-981-9888)
Langenbach (800-362-4410)
Kinsman Co. (800-733-4146)
Walt Nicke's Garden Talk (508-887-3388)
Harmony Farm Supply (707-823-9125)
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply (916-272-4769)
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Request a catalog from:
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Foss Hill Road
Albion, Maine, 04910
Customer service: 1-207-437-4301
They supply EARTHWAY and PLANET, Jr. seeders and will, on request
give you information on suppliers of other seeders (i.e. a small
hand-carried
corn/bean seeder. You may want to hybridyze the EW and the P, Jr.
when planting small seeds in rough terrain. An organic vegetable grower
in North Carolina has successfully done this.
http://www.johnnyseeds.com
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Whole Earth "Ecolog" mentioned five tool suppliers for farm and garden
supplies; my hunch would be try
Lehman's Hardware and Appliances,
Their catalog is $2.00 from:
PO Box 41, 4779 Kidron Rd.,
Kidron OH 44636
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The Cook's Garden
"Seeds and Supplies for the New American Kitchen Garden"
P.O. Box 535
Londonderry, Vermont, 05148
802-824-3400
Fax: 802-824-3027
Offers the Korean "HO-MI" hand cultivator (curved trowel/cultivator),
well-designed and effective
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Necessary Trading Co.
One Nature's Way
New Castle, Virginia, 24127-0305
FAX - 703/864-5186
Phone: 1-703-864-5103
"Natural Solutions for Farm, Home and Garden"
Wide range of supplies, books, fertilizers, tools and equipment -
catalogue headings include: books, composting equipment & supplies,
soil testing equipment & supplies, cover crop seeds, fertilizers
(their largest offering), pest management supplies and equipment,
wild bird supplies, animal care supplies and miscellaneous hand tools.
A major supplier, along with Zook & Ranck and Fertrell, for organic
farmers and market growers in the Eastern U.S.
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Snow & Nealley
Axes & Mauls, Gardening and Woodworking Tools http://www.sntools.com/contact.htm
Order Desk Hours, 8:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday Eastern Time.
Telephone:
(800)-933-6642
FAX:
(207) 941-0857
Postal address:
P.O. Box 876, Bangor, ME 04402-0876
Electronic mail:
General Information, Sales, & Customer Service: info@sntools.com
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Garden & Landscaping Connection at Where-AT (tm) website http://www.where-at.com/your_home/gardening.htm
Lots of gardening links
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Hand & Garden Tool Connection at Where-AT (tm) website http://www.where-at.com/your_home/tools.htm
LOTS of links to all sorts of tool and equipment manufacturers & dealers
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HARMONY FARM SUPPLY
P.O. Box 451
Graton, CA 95444
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Cumberland General Store
Catalog $3.00 from:
Rt. 3 box 81,
Crossville TN 38555
615-484-8481.
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Mellinger's
2310 W. South Range Road
North Lima, OH 44452-9731
216-549-9861
Offerings: seeds, woody plants, perennials, tropical
plants, tools, growing supplies
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Forestry Suppliers, Inc.
P.O. Box 8397
205 West Rankin St.
Jackson, Mississippi, 39204
"Quality Forestry, Engineering and
Environmental Equipment, Shipped Worldwide"
tools, equipment and supplies for the forestry industry
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Langenbach
P.O. Box 453
Blairstown, N.J., 07825
Toll Free: 1-800-362-1991
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Ben Meadows Company
Equipment for Natural Resource Managers
3589 Broad Street
Atlanta, Georgia, 30341
1-800-241-6401
Fax: 1-800-628-2068
Mail Order address:
P.O. Box 80549
Chamblee, Georgia, 30366
e-mail: mail@benmeadows.com http://www.benmeadows.com (great Web page!)
See pages 132-139 for garden handtools information;
see esp. page 134: Adze Hoe & Pic'N Planter tools
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Shepherd's Garden Seeds
Shipping Office
30 Irene St.
Torrington, Connecticut, 06790
860-482-3638
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You might also call the folks at ATTRA (Appropriate Technology for Rural
Areas) at 1-800-346-9140. They might have some other names & addresses
for you.
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P.A. Bonvallet's Sons Inc.
R.R. 1 Box 160
St. Anne, IL 60964
815-427-8222
Offerings: pots, containers, soil conditioners, fertilizers
Comments: wholesale distributor
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W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
300 Park Ave.
Warminster, PA 18991-0001
Offerings: seeds, perennials, bulbs, woody plants, supplies
Comments: separate seasonal catalogs are available
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Dayton Bag and Burlap
210 Dowdle St., Unit 5
Algonquin, IL 60102
708-658-8488 Fax: 708-658-4197
Offerings: nursery supplies
Comments: wholesale distributor
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Dramm Corporation
2000 North 18th Street
PO Box 1960
Manitowoc, WI 54221-1960 USA
920-684-0227 Voice
920-684-4499 Fax
800-258-0848 Toll Free USA
[permaculture] Farm & Garden Handtool Sourcelist (Attn.: Rick Valley; found Chillington and Bellota eye hoes, see reference for Crocodile, USA),
lfl, 08/28/2002