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Sep 19, 2015 9:45 AM CST
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http://www.motherearthnews.com...

I ran across this in the Mother Earth News newsletter. Some of the tools he mentions: black silege tarps, a power harrow, a wheel hoe, I am not familiar with, and Eliot Coleman's colinear hoe, I knew once, but have since forgot. Not often is there new information about how to weed a garden bed--and keep it weeded until the crop is harvested.
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Sep 19, 2015 12:06 PM CST
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Nice article. I can see that maybe a few tools might be used with food forest gardening.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb
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Sep 19, 2015 12:22 PM CST
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Well this is the power harrow. Apparently it is most popular for organic gardening in eastern Quebec. And it is for both weed control and pest control. it controls pests by burying crop residue, but unlike a plow, does not have the disadvantage of turning the soil--which would destroy its structure, and its microbiome.

http://www.kuhnnorthamerica.co...

And here is the collinear hoe--operated by Eliot Coleman himself, on you tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Another Eliot Coleman tool is the broadfork: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-5...

And, the wheel hoe: http://www.motherearthnews.com...

This one shows the shape of the collinear hoe's blade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Sep 19, 2015 12:57 PM CST
Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
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Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier
I think the collinear hoe - the small one - would be the best bet for forest gardening on a suburban scale.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb
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Sep 20, 2015 5:15 PM CST
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This is my favorite weeder, but I can understand that most Americans like to stand up when they are weeding.

http://www.japanwoodworker.com...
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Sep 21, 2015 7:50 AM CST
Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier
Nice! Yeah, I mostly like to stand up when weeding. For small areas - not market gardens - the winged weeder is nice if kept sharp.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb
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