Practice Gardening – planting volunteer tomatoes

Gardening is not easy. Whenever you have the opportunity to grow something take it! Learning how different plants grow and behave and what type of insects and disease gravitate towards a type of plant. Practicing now in times of peace will be invaluable during a long term event. Growing also gives you a chance of teaching your spouse or children to be more self sufficient and it’s a great way to exercise. This collection is the result of the volunteer tomatoes I harvested from our compost bin. Practice, practice, practice!

Plot of weeds
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Reuse, Repair, Rake – rake repair from two broken tools.

Desperate times will call for creative repairs. I broke an old hoe and also had a broken rake. I fashioned the end of the hoe handle to fit the rake as I use the rake more frequently and I can mix concrete with a shovel when I need too.

Using an axe, I roughed the end down to match the smaller diameter rake handle. Fine tuned it with my carving knife. Located and hand drilled the bolt hole. Scraped the new old handle down and sanded off the old weather. Then gave the handle a heavy coat of boiled linseed oil. Bolted the rake head back on and I’m back in business.


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