Garden Tools And Their Uses

The couple said the creek is beneficial to their gardening efforts — Bob has installed a water system for his yard using creek water. Bob and Kathleen Joy live in a flood zone along Cedar Creek, but it's not always a disaster when the creek comes rolling through their backyard garden. Bob Joy said the creek overflows when the rains fall just right — and it's often just the thing they need for their half-acre garden spread out along its banks. The Joys have had floodwater in their garden and yard several times over the years. Keep weeds and grass out of the garden so they will not take over the moisture needed for the vegetables. Keep garden soil turned and free of weeds all winter. Fortunately, "the water usually goes down pretty fast when the creek overflows," Bob, 73, said. Occasionally, the water gets "right up to our back doorsteps," said Kathleen Joy, 72. Share your garden with friends and strangers.

The potato hook, which looks like a five-tined digging fork shaped like a grappling hook, is a clumsy tool, but there are a number of three and five-tined cultivators designed for stirring the soil by dragging while walking backward. and in order to keep the surface clear of weeds a hoe or scuffle hoe must be used. To make drills insert the corner of the hoe in the soil with the edge resting on a line to keep the drill straight and pull the hoe toward you with easy strokes. It has a 6-inch square blade which can be used to make drills for large seeds like corn and beans as well as hoeing. The scuffle hoe with a solid or open blade is a great favorite among European gardeners. Although excellent, it is primarily a hoeing tool. For a variety of uses you will find the nurseryman’s model the best. The old solid, heavy hoe is now replaced by others ranging from 2-1/2 to 7 inches in width. The hoe and cultivator have gone through the most changes....

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