Lost Garden Implements

[SPedigrees]

Who else here loses tools (and other things) on their own land or in their own houses (or out buildings)? My most recent loss is a pair of pruning shears. I've retraced the last times and places where it was used, but to no avail. Finally I gave up and bought a replacement, but still hoping to stumble upon the lost pair. I hate losing things!

 

[ducks4you]

Yep. Been there, done that.
Then, you find them and realize that it made some kind of sense Where you left the tool.
All that I have learned is that when hand tools made or broke your business, people would carefully store their metal tools in oil to keep them from rusting.

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Don't buy oil! It is highly likely that you already have 10W30 that you bought for your mower that has expired and that works Just Fine.
When I find my lost padlock keys, which I lost while working in the south pasture 3 years ago, I will let you know!
Since then, I have put together one springlock with all padlock keys and at least ONE FULL SET of same in another and inside location.
I think if you start analyzing how you transport your tools, you will discover where you left them.
For instance, I usually have some kind of bucket and I have had My Fiskers pruners land there before.
Sometimes our habits land our tools in the garage or in the basement.
The padlock keys really puzzle me bc I tilled an entire area the day the They disappeared.

 

[flowerbug]

usually it is Mom who loses her clippers and we eventually find them in a bucket of weeds or back in the weed pile where she dumped the bucket of weeds. for me i try to always keep my tools in the bucket i'm using or in the same pocket or place in my room so there's only a few places they should be. once in a while Mom has moved them and then i can't find them and have to ask her where she's put them... the most frequent problem i have when weeding is finding my weeding knife simply because the handle is brown wooden and blends in really well with dirt and plants. i can look right at it and not see it until i'm looking more from the side... D'oh!