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for three weeks I looked for a weeding fork,like this, at a dozen garage sales.



now that I went and purchased a new one.

The very next garage sale will have one for 75 cents.





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Posts: 55279 | Location: Henry County , Il | Registered: February 10, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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for three weeks I looked for a weeding fork,like this, at a dozen garage sales.



now that I went and purchased a new one.

The very next garage sale will have one for .75 cents.



3/4 of a penny?


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prolly four to choose from Wink



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for three weeks I looked for a weeding fork,like this,


now that I went and purchased a new one.

The very next garage sale will have one for .75 cents.



3/4 of a penny?


You will have to buy all 4 just to make an even 3 cent purchase (not knowing how one makes change for a penny) Smile . . .



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sorry for the period





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Posts: 55279 | Location: Henry County , Il | Registered: February 10, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I have one like that with a long handle.That short one you have must be really hard on the back. I would sell that short one in a yard sell if I were you.


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Those can be pretty good for popping door panels and car trim off as well.
 
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If your prediction comes true, you'd better buy the 75center. That way you'll have one when you lose the expensive one weeding the garden.

Better buy a new lawnmower blade, too, for when you locate the lost weeder with your mower.


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one is none and two is one, as they say
 
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This thread reminded me how much I hate yard work and hot weather, damn, I just hate it.
Going to sell most of the yard tools in a yard sale this summer.
Get rid of all those F--kers.

Thanks for reminding me L. Wink



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Here's a pricier alternative but a great tool, the Fiskars Weed Puller.



https://www.amazon.com/Fiskars...=fiskars+weed+puller

Check the video to see it work. I paid $25 a couple summers back. Really fun to use. After a couple springs of attacking dandelions, we pretty much have none now on a fairly big yard. Of course it also works well on any reasonably sized weed.

An added benefit is it's like a cane, big help for bending over as needed. Quick learning curve. Not suggested for use in too dry and hard conditions or sodden.

Far and away my favorite yard tool.




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sorry for the period
That's what she said.



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sorry for the period
That's what she said.

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I first read that as "wedding fork". Wondered WTF is a wedding fork. LOL




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I have one like that with a long handle.That short one you have must be really hard on the back. I would sell that short one in a yard sell if I were you.


we have the long handle too. Got it at a yard sale for free as part of a negotiation in my buying a jigsaw and pellet rifle.
 
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sorry for the period


I've said that on dates years ago...


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68 y.o Myra loves to weed, and she is very good at it ,
The owners of my apt. complex hired her 6 years ago to take care of the weeds at their four apartments, here in tiny town.

I watched Myra, five weeks ago, out in the yard , doing her thing.
she's about 5 ft 5, with a head of all white hair, I,d say about 105 pounds with an arm load of groceries.

I took some water out too her then and saw that all she had was a screwdriver to use as a tool. I told her that I would find her the right tool at the next garage sale, and hopefully make her job , just a little bit easier.

It was only 75 degrees. back then and there was almost none of the eastern Iowa , oppressive humidity hanging about.

Well on Friday it was 88 degrees and 80% humidity , and there was Myra, for 6 hours , sitting on the grass jabbing and tearing, poking and ripping at the weeds around the back parking lot.

So I popped a pop in the refrigerated cooley cup and grabbed some water and ran it down the stairs for her.

Come to find out she was using a
Phillips screw driver! of all damn things.

I explained to her that no one had a weeding tool and apologized, a couple of times.

I knew that the tiny town tru value hardware carried such implements , so I hurried down to the store and purchased the tool for her to keep in her car, for the next time. She was grateful.

I did not notice it until she had gone , but there must have been two bushel of weeds , next to the cornfield , when she was done.

And now,
you know,
the rest
of
the story
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Good Day !





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