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Corbin, KY

One of the best gadgets I bought was a hose bib water meter. Great tool! Took all the math and guess work out of how much water was being supplied. You can know to the teneth of a gallon.
www.watermeters.com

11/12/2009 11:34:44 AM

Clinton, Iowa

8 HP troy built HORSE!!! you gotta like that.just got done playing with it this morning. Went in to lunch back in july and it was along side the road.stopped by and got the number. Picked up the Belt I getting over lunck for our troy built pony and called when arriving back at the plant. He had just put it out 5 minutes before I stopped I took it right there on the phone...best 400 I ever spent..
DAN CARLSON
the first half of the C&P team

11/12/2009 12:19:42 PM

Deer Park, WI

Pfff. Grow some cajones and weed like a real man, Carlson. Then again, your pumpkins are a lot bigger than mine. whoops.

God's gift to MANUAL weeders: Stirrup Hoe.

11/12/2009 12:36:04 PM

Colorado

Yea dan-work harder instead of smarter-leave it all out in that field-patch-you know what i mean

11/12/2009 12:40:55 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

Extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Blasted that big kidney stone into a million pieces so the doctor didn't have to fillet me to get it out. Made it possible to work in the patch this year. Second best was arthroscopic knee surgery. Fixed up the torn miniscus and cartilage so I can work the patch next year.

11/12/2009 1:39:02 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

1. stihl sr 420 mist blower 2. orbit 4 valve water timer

11/12/2009 1:43:18 PM

Mpls

One word Bob Cat! lol

11/12/2009 6:29:59 PM

Colorado Springs.Co

I'd love to get in touch with the fella that got a DUI on his motorized Lazy Boy recliner. He was half way there. Add a tiller attachment and you've really got something.

11/12/2009 7:26:22 PM

Minnesota

It was'nt a lazyboy, they had a bid for it on ebay and it got 37,000 dollars, they had to start the bidding over because it was reported as a Lazy boy but it was'nt, it still got 10,000 on ebay, that was in Procter,MN

11/12/2009 8:14:58 PM

Minnesota

Craigslist, I got orange fencing free, the kind that has holes in for the wind to blow thru for free.

11/12/2009 8:17:06 PM

Colorado Springs.Co

That's hysterical Richard. I love that story. I just wonder why they took it away from him before he had time to complete his obligations to the state. Normally you impound a persons vehicle and they can still get it back.

11/12/2009 9:11:34 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Feedtubs for plant covers, windbreak, tea brewing, etc. They are about 24" high and 24" in diameter, heavy reuseable, and free for awhile now $2 deposit from feed store. I use 6-8 per plant from in hoop to when main reaches about 7' long.

11/12/2009 9:18:57 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

Front tine roto tiller. During vine-burying season, it'll get right up to the plant and make burying a breeze.

11/12/2009 9:19:25 PM

Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

Lifting straps from P&P seeds.

11/12/2009 10:41:14 PM

That State Up North

Broad Fork (tillers are for sissies)

Head Lamp to work all night


and best gadget I saw and need for 2010 is the Don Young special no compaction patch shoes

11/13/2009 12:03:33 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Head lamps for a Broad Fork??? This I gotta see!!!! LOL Peace, Wayne

11/13/2009 12:17:06 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Yeah, my Lifting Ring in the fall... that made it so much easier to move fruit! Forgot to add that.

11/13/2009 12:27:36 AM

Gold Hill, Oregon

compost tea brewer. homemade off thads website.

11/13/2009 4:42:03 AM

Joliet, IL

for the backyard grower without a tractor for subsoiling, try the deep spader. a lot of work, but great results. it can break up the hard pan and lift the soil up 4 to 6 inches with ease. takes some strength and muscle to do it right, and that is why i paid my friends nephew to break his back to do what need to be done badly. i can probe 16" in the patch with ease at every location and it does not mix the bottom soil into the top soil which can be trouble for throwing it out of balance a bit.

11/13/2009 7:39:39 PM

Ohio

Mark I agree on the straps, cant wait to get mine, I know its going to make it alot simpler. Im tired of 4 or 5 different straps that aren't the same size that makes it difficult and nerve racking when picking up your pumpkin,,lol. I should have bought the P&P straps a long time ago but never knew he had em. After all, they are one of the most important things you will ever need, cause who wants to drop a big pumpkin the day of a weigh off after all that hard work of babying your pumpkin all season long,, I know I dont! Trust me I know,,lol!!

Another thing is new in line scales , still looking for the add in the past ovgpg newsletters, but cant find it to order one yet. But I will definitely have one by Christmas. I run over my first set of in line scales, so borrowing one all the time was getting old.

11/14/2009 5:08:38 AM