05-30-2007, 04:21 PM
Aloha Les,
Yuppers, it's a "Grim Reaper" sort of sycthe. I got the scythe and snath (the handle if it is by itself is called a "snath"
at Garden Exchange. It is an aluminum handled one with oak knobs and a nice long scythe blade. They don't have the grass catcher attachments so if you find those anywhere, let me know.
A small pickaxe with a flat blade on one end is another one of my favorite gardening tools. I haven't tried any of the crowfooted pickaxes like you were mentioning. There's some heliconia which needs to be dug up and that might be the tool to do it with. If you know any climbers, they have these lovely really light yet strong hand sized pickaxes with sort of a curved blade. Found one at a yard sale and it is a really lovely garden tool. My DH says it is titanium and ungawdly expensive if we were to buy it retail, but for fifty cents at a yard sale, it is a beauty garden tool.
Yuppers, it's a "Grim Reaper" sort of sycthe. I got the scythe and snath (the handle if it is by itself is called a "snath"
at Garden Exchange. It is an aluminum handled one with oak knobs and a nice long scythe blade. They don't have the grass catcher attachments so if you find those anywhere, let me know.A small pickaxe with a flat blade on one end is another one of my favorite gardening tools. I haven't tried any of the crowfooted pickaxes like you were mentioning. There's some heliconia which needs to be dug up and that might be the tool to do it with. If you know any climbers, they have these lovely really light yet strong hand sized pickaxes with sort of a curved blade. Found one at a yard sale and it is a really lovely garden tool. My DH says it is titanium and ungawdly expensive if we were to buy it retail, but for fifty cents at a yard sale, it is a beauty garden tool.
Kurt Wilson