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NEW PRODUCT!
Hoedag culti-dag
See buy page for more information on our new tool
Show care to your compost pile.
If you compost, you can run over dead leaves with a lawnmower before dumping them into your compost bin. Chopping this material up will speed up the composting process, ensuring that you have a nice steaming pile of good stuff for your spring garden. If you’ve had problems with scales, whiteflies, borers, or a or a sever aphid problem it’s better to skip the compost and just discard material from infested plants.
What NOT to Compost:
Not only will these items cause problems in your garden, but they also can make your compost smell bad and attract animals and pests. Avoid these items for a successful compost pile:
What NOT to Compost:
Not only will these items cause problems in your garden, but they also can make your compost smell bad and attract animals and pests. Avoid these items for a successful compost pile:
- Anything containing meat, oil, fat, or grease
- Diseased plant materials
- Sawdust or chips from pressure-treated wood
- Dog or cat feces
- Weeds that go to seed
- Dairy products
Don't forget tool care and maintenance.
Take care of your tools – clean the dirt off your tools and sharpen them before storing away for the winter. Restore or replace handles if needed.
Also see page titled: Tool Care and Maintenance.
Also see page titled: Tool Care and Maintenance.
SEED STARTING INSIDE
- check any leftover seeds and make a list of what you need before ordering, then order seeds and plants early to avoid substitution.
- Start seeds of pansies, dusty miller, begonias, snapdragons, delphiniums, and other hardy perennials indoors under lights.
- At month’s end, start seeds of onions, leeks, broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower indoors under lights.
Seed storing tip
Humidity, in particular, is death to seeds. As living things, seeds are perishable, particularly if not kept cool and dry so take the time to store your leftover seeds in a cool, dry place. I've heard of many gardeners having success with stashing their leftover seeds in the fridge, first sealing in zipper bags with the air squeezed out, then placing the bags in a sealed plastic box.
Review 2020, Revise for 2021
TOP PRIORITY: Take a mental spin through your 2020 garden, or review notes or photos. If you didn’t make/take any, resolve to keep records in 2021. List anything you want to do more or less or just plain differently, to keep in mind before catalog-induced temptation.
TREAT YOURSELF: to a new garden notebook or journal
TREAT YOURSELF: to a new garden notebook or journal
Hoedag tools are not just for gardening
Going camping?
Don't forget to bring along your hoedag tools!
Clear or clean up your favorite trails.
Don't get flooded! Divert the water away from your campsite.
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Build a fire pit.
Use your hoedag tools to level a spot for your RV, tent or utility trailer.
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Story from a customer
Story from a customer..
Our Granddaughter, Sydnie putting our Hoedag tool to good use! Sydnie recently graduated from Western Washington University, Bellingham WA with a degree in micro biology. Until a job 'crops up', she is helping around the farm, keeping things tidy. The vegetables in the greenhouse are getting a lot of attention, too...her space!
Our Granddaughter, Sydnie putting our Hoedag tool to good use! Sydnie recently graduated from Western Washington University, Bellingham WA with a degree in micro biology. Until a job 'crops up', she is helping around the farm, keeping things tidy. The vegetables in the greenhouse are getting a lot of attention, too...her space!
*Congratulations goes to Judy! You have won the hoedag culti-hoe. Thanks for sending in your photos! We loved seeing our customers using the hoedag garden tools. Hope you enjoy your new tool. This time it's on us.
How to use Hoedag Garden Tools.
Before Starting any Job be sure your tools are clean and in good working order!
How It's Made
Manufacturing Process
Manufacturing Process
Humor Corner
First off Lets get a smile on your face!
A little garden joke just for you!
What is a weed you might ask? A weed is a plant that has mastered nearly every survival skill known to plant except for learning how to grow in rows! (laugh)
A little garden joke just for you!
What is a weed you might ask? A weed is a plant that has mastered nearly every survival skill known to plant except for learning how to grow in rows! (laugh)
We love to hear from our customers!
email your pictures, videos and comments to: colemanmetalworks@gmail.com
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