Christmas gift lists, what tools do you want for gifts, but are too cheap, like me, to pay for!

Alasgun

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I till with the Mantis, trowel the bed smooth with a 24inch cement finishing trowel and compress the surface a bit with the same trowel, dibble the whole bed at once, use a second stair tred to lay across the top of the bed for me to lean on while i seed each hole.
Once the seeds are in i brodcast 50/50 potting soil and compost over the bed to cover the seeds; pinching takes too much time and defeats the purpose of a “perfectly prepared bed”.
Then compress the surface a little more. It sounds WAY more involved than it really is. I can do 3 beds in a day pretty easy. Once the beds are seeded i run a sprinkler for a bit to evenly wet the surfaces and in a couple days lay my drip lines; and kick back for the year!
 

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My hands are toast after years of hand clipper trimming.
Last x-mas I was gifted a battery op clipper and small chain hand saw.
These may be a bit spendy butt..This x-mas chainmail gloves would help protect my fingers from accidental damage from those battery op clippers they cut quickly and I want to keep all my fingers even though my fingers don’t all work all that well due to Dupuytren’s contracture.
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Funny, the older you get, the more your wish lists include energy, dexterity and time!
IF I am healthy enough next Spring, I would LOVE to cut paper grocery sacks up and lay them in between my garlics so I won't have to weed the bed. DD planted them 6 inches apart, told me that she also planted them in neat rows, so it Shouldn't be hard.
Wouldn't be expensive--7 cents/ALDI paper grocery sack.
WOULD wear me out! :th
 

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Funny, the older you get, the more your wish lists include energy, dexterity and time!
IF I am healthy enough next Spring, I would LOVE to cut paper grocery sacks up and lay them in between my garlics so I won't have to weed the bed. DD planted them 6 inches apart, told me that she also planted them in neat rows, so it Shouldn't be hard.
Wouldn't be expensive--7 cents/ALDI paper grocery sack.
WOULD wear me out! :th

How bout a paper shredder maybe save your thumbs and energy . A bit faster add a bit of water to dampen the shreds to stick together then spread . Make those lil bugs work thru curly paper maze.
Hopefully in a few months your energy level will be good. My surgeon recommended protein shakes , always made me feel a lot better. 👍
 
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