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Sans titre. What is the Aerocart? The Worx Aerocart is an 8-in-1 all-purpose mover and lifter. The Aerocart combines the capabilities of a wheelbarrow, hand truck dolly, extended dolly, bag holder, cylinder holder, rock lifter & mover, flower pot carrier, and trailer mover all in one. The Aerocart is more than just a unique tool. It’s an entire work system that transforms from function to function simply & easily. And the Aerocart is designed to perform with very little effort on your part.

Additional accessories take you beyond just 8 applications and make your Aerocart a must-have, all-season tool. Voici un super article (voir l’hyperlien) qui décrit l’évolution et le perfectionnement d’outils manuels pour le maraîchage sur petite surface. Les changements que la compagnie Johhny’s selected seed a apportés à leur grelinette sont intéressants, mais je suis beaucoup plus excité par leur nouveau rouleau plombeur/marqueur. Johnny’s Hardpan Broadfork and Seedbed Roller En soit le rouleau n’est pas si révolutionnaire, mais le système de goujons qui permet de rapidement changer les espacements de marquage lui est très intéressant.

Encore une fois c’est notre ami Eliot Coleman qui aura été à l’avant-scène de ces évolutions…. Quant à nous et bien, notre saison commence très bientôt et nous sommes fin prêts. J’ai été discret sur ce blogue et dans les médias sociaux depuis cet automne, car le Jardinier-Maraîcher est maintenant traduit en anglais et j’en fais la promotion. Nous avons également l’intention de mettre à jour la liste des fournisseurs en Europe. Jean-Martin PS. Non tillage push type seed planters - manufactored by John F Marshall - Direct seeder. Outils Ji nouveautés jardin bio. Read This Before Your Buy aHOSS Wheel Hoe. [Dateline: March 2010] [Updated: March 2011] The New HOSS Wheel Hoe I’ve been getting e-mails from people who are seeing advertisements for the new HOSS wheel hoe, and they're wondering whether to get themselves a Planet Whizbang hoe or a HOSS. What follows is my take on the subject. [Yes, I’m going to be biased, but I think you’ll find this surprisingly objective and interesting.].

The working end of the HOSS wheel hoe looks to be an exact replica of the old Planet Jr. wheel hoe. The Planet Jr. was a fine tool. But I do believe the HOSS hoe has a couple of significant shortcomings. Plow-style handles are ideal for grasping and “steering” a tool that is being pulled by an animal. Planet Jr. And all the way into 1945, that horse hoe was still being used by farmers, as this catalog picture shows: Planet Jr. (from 1945 catalog) Planet Jr. But by 1945, the company was offering its wheel hoe customers the plow-style handles as an option. Planet Jr. Update: 5/13/10— where these handles are sold. Glaser English site. Our products Tools and implements for: ● soil cultivation ● planting ● sowing Mechanical weed control: ● wheel hoes ● special garden tools Thermal weed control: ● handheld torches ● tractor-drawn equipment Harvest: ● tools & implements Overview all articles. Conservation Agriculture Technology: Modèle. Homemade seeder. Homemade Vibrating Seeder « Tom’s Gardens.

I plant a lot of flower seeds, and if you do too, you know that most of them are small, small, small. I thought that a vibrating seeder might make the job easier, but sixty bucks seemed a little steep to me. For years I’ve had one of those electric engraving tools sitting around in a cabinet. This is the kind that plugs in and vibrates a carbide tip for scratching your name or number onto your valuable stuff. Not that you’ll ever see the stuff again once it’s stolen, but it can make you feel like you have a shot, I suppose.

Electric Engraver The important word in the first paragraph is vibrating. It recently occurred to me that maybe I could make a vibrating seeder out of this thing. My idea was to take a round piece of wood and drill a hole in it so I could push it onto the pointed engraver thingy. I had some Shaker pegs so I cut the end off one and drilled a hole in the end that was very close to the size of the carbide pointer on the engraver. Spatula Piece The Business End Behold!