Digging up crinums

patty allen prallen2@peoplepc.com
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:08:06 PDT
HI ELLEN, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE WHO STILL USED A "GRUBBING HOE" FOR HARD TO DIG BULBS. SEEMS AS IF I'M NOT THE ONLY "OLD LADY"!
 HAVE A GREAT DAY, GIRL!!
 PATTY

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ellen Hornig <hornig@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Aug 28, 2010 2:13 PM
>To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [pbs] Digging up crinums
>
>For the record, this old lady DOES have a strong back, and DID dig her own 
>crinums. :-)
>
>This is a slight departure from bulbs, but related in this context: my 
>all-time favorite tool for digging recalcitrant crinums and similar is the 
>mattock, or grub hoe.  I don't know when it went out of common circulation, 
>but it is hands-down the best tool for tough digging jobs that I know.  You 
>can generate a whole lot more force by lifting a blade high and then 
>whacking it down than you can by digging and prying, and you break a whole 
>lot fewer handles that way too.  Fortunately, I live in an area where 
>small-scale farming flourished thorugh the 1920s or so, and used mattocks 
>can generally be found, albeit not at every garage sale.
>
>Ellen
>
>Ellen Hornig
>Seneca Hill Perennials
>3712 County Route 57
>Oswego NY 13126 USA
>http://www.senecahillperennials.com/ 
>
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