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Good Gardening The Final Week: What We Learned After a Long Year - Plus Must Have Gardening Tools
Good Gardening is GNN's weekly discussion thread focused on building community, soil, good gardens, and good vibes.
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Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 11 discussion, we wanted to know what the absolute must-have gardening tool is for our Good Gardeners. We got a lot of submissions. Here are some we liked…
Esther Colwell must have read my mind when, on the Sunday following Friday’s post, I began clearing the molding remains of my squash vines with my trusty “hori hori” a typical Japanese tool also called a “Leisure knife” (レジャーナイフ, rejā naifu) or “Sansai knife” (山菜ナイフ, sansai naifu). “Hori” is an onomatopoeia for a digging sound. In any case, Esther also uses one: