Homesteading Tool Kit.

[British Red]

Isn't this one?

http://www.pksbronze.com/en/coppergardentools/large-copper-tools/libra.html

Rest of the tools look nice, though some of the reasons for using bronze seem a little unscientific.

Close but thats a shovel, not a spade

 

[joejoe]

i do not understand why people think im weird, when i tell the m i tall to to people who know the difference betwen a spade and a shocvel

 

[joejoe]

i do not understand why people think im weird, when i tell the m i tall to to people who know the difference betwen a spade and a shovel

 

[Jared]

Close but thats a shovel, not a spade

Ah for some reason I thought a Devon spade was the one that broke the shovel/spade rule.

 

[drliamski]

I rate bulldog tools quite highly.. They make a great ally tined landscaping rake that I always use.

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[Everything Mac]

The shovel is most certainly not a "need"

glad to hear they are highly rated though.

All the best
Andy

 

[mrcharly]

An australian post hole 'shovel' is really a spade . . . the blade is fairly small, with a curved end and a pronounced curve across the blade (making it excellent for digging a round hole), fitted to a long straight handle with no grip at the end. Much longer than 5'; you can dig a hole 5' deep with one. The small blade and long handle makes them truly wonderful for digging trenches.
I cannot find at all on the web, but they are for sale in any country hardware in australia.

If you were working in heavy soil, with rocks, then a grifting spade is worth having.

Huh - I googled grifting spade and found a pic of something that looks like an australian post hole shovel! C is the grifter, A is the post hole shovel.

 

[British Red]

C is what I would call a drain spade - I would think of B as a rabbiting spade - A certainly is a proper post hole spade - I bet other areas have other names

 

[British Red]

Heres a nice bit of homesteading kit - a soil ridger



Works like a hand held plough and makes brilliant straight seed channels when combined with a string line



I was planting Oca today and it was the first tool I reached for...really handle tool

 

[Everything Mac]

Sure looks handy!

 

[HillBill]

I could do with one of those things.

 

[MartiniDave]

Red,

You've just reminded me of something my old dad used to use on his small holding which was called a "planet hoe".
It was on odd thing, a sort of 2 wheeled frame with long wooden handles that you pushed from behind. The frame had slots into which you could fit various implements/tines & what have you.

I'm loving this thread just for the memories it's bringing back.

Dave

 

[British Red]

I would love a wheeled hoe Dave! I am on the lookout for one - a Planet or Planet Junior would be ideal since you can get all the attachments for them like ploughs and discs. Can't find one local at a fair price though

 

[British Red]

Today I spend four hours weeding out the gooseberry plot (its a huge plot). I used my Canterbury hoe. These things are the best weeding tool invented - bar none - weeding is miserable, but these shorten the pain!

 

[HillBill]

I have a draw hoe i use for a similar purpose, but i can see how one of those would be a better choice.

 

[British Red]

Something between a soil rake and a draw hoe....I love them.... you can dig out deep roots and cultivate too...very good tool

 

[tommy the cat]

Useful British Red??!!
Dav2

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[British Red]

Mais Oui M. Le Chat

 

[boatman]

I had a Planet Junior wheel hoe in Wiltshire but stupidly left it behind when we moved. They are very useful tools and would definitely be on my homesteading list.

 

[tommy the cat]

This one was from France from a guy who I visit at a stall once a year... Cannock bilhook nice weight for me and only a small amount of movement in the handle. The axe has no maker bur was dirt cheap and will make a nice kindling splitter £25 the lot...☺
Sorry about the double post photo 😕

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