From london@calypso-2.oit.unc.eduThu Feb 22 13:06:48 1996 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 13:50:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Subject: Good tools available by mail-order. - This is the Februrary, 1996 update of: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture/ gardening/gardening-faqs/gardening-hand-tools.faq maintained by london@sunSITE.unc.edu http://sunSITE.unc.edu/london - ============================== Agricultural Hand Tool Sources ============================== Smith & Hawken and A.M. Leonard sell a scythe with a straight snath (lightweight, strong & easy to use) and a grass & grain blade that is thin, long and can easily be sharpened razor-sharp. This tool is perfect for cutting lawns. It _can_ remove weeds/grass right down to the sod. It's fairly easy to maintain the proper stance and swinging motion to cut your grass to a consistant height and in regular arcs that blend together evenly. A wonderful tool, indespensible for the rural dweller and suburban gardener alike. - Request a catalog from: Johnny's Selected Seeds Foss Hill Road Albion, Maine, 04910 Customer service: 1-207-437-4301 They supply EARTHWAY and PLANET, Jr. seeders and will, on request give you information on suppliers of other seeders (i.e. a small hand-carried corn/bean seeder. You may want to hybridyze the EW and the P, Jr. when planting small seeds in rough terrain. An organic vegetable grower North Carolina has successfully done this. From: George Stone Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture Subject: Johnny's Web Page id finished I have finished the initial work to get this page to a presentable form. You may browse all our new products for 1996 with selected pictures as well as request a commercial or home garden catalog on-line. Happy holidays from all of us at Johnnys. http://johnnyseeds.com/seeds From: jsseeds@aol.com (Jsseeds) Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture Subject: Johnny's Selected Seeds New Address Date: 4 Sep 1995 19:46:46 -0400 Johnny's now has a new internet E-Mail address. This address can be used to request a catalog or to be added to their mailing list. The address is: johnnys@mint.net. - >Whole Earth "Ecolog" mentioned five tool suppliers for farm and garden >supplies; my hunch would be try Lehman's Hardware and Appliances, >their catalog is $2.00 from PO Box 41, 4779 Kidron Rd., Kidron OH 44636; >or Cumberland's, catalog $3.00 from rt. 3 box 81, Crossville TN 38555, and >they have a telephone: 615-484-8481. - A.M. Leonard 241 Fox Drive P.O. Box 816 Piqua, Ohio, 45356 1-800-543-8955 1-800-433-0633 fax Mostly tree maintenance and nursery equipment, plus miscellaneous excellent gardening/landscaping tools/supplies eye hoes, scythes - Mellingers Ohio similar to Leonard - Forestry Suppliers, Inc. P.O. Box 8397 205 West Rankin St. Jackson, Mississippi, 39204 "Quality Forestry, Engineering and Environmental Equipment, Shipped Worldwide" tools, equipment and supplies for the forestry industry - Langenbach "A Collection of the World's Finest Hand Tools" P.O. Box 453 Blairstown, N.J., 07825 Toll Free: 1-800-362-1991 English-made high quality spades, spade forks, forks and much else Excellent! - Smith and Hawken "Tools of the Trade - A Complete Source For the Organic Gardener" Orders: 2 Arbor Lane, Box 6900 Florence, Kentucky, 41022-6900 1-800-776-3336 General info: 25 Corte Madera Mill Valley, California, 94941 1-415-383-2000 Also excellent! you may need to ask them what tools they have for sale that are not listed in their catalogue, held-over stock offered in out-of-date ones - i.e. the 4"X7" Japanese field hoe (grub-type eye hoe using 1 3/4" X 54" handle) they used to offer, an indispensible tool! They now offer English Bulldog brand eye hoes; also a complete line of digging forks, digging spades, spade forks, border forks and border spades and straight snath scythe systems. - Ben Meadows Company Equipment for Natural Resource Managers 3589 Broad Street Atlanta, Georgia, 30341 1-800-241-6401 Fax: 1-800-628-2068 Mail Order address: P.O. Box 80549 Chamblee, Georgia, 30366 e-mail: mail@benmeadows.com http://www.benmeadows.com (great Web page!) See pages 132-139 for garden handtools information; see esp. page 134: Adze Hoe & Pic'N Planter tools - The Cook's Garden "Seeds and Supplies for the New American Kitchen Garden" P.O. Box 535 Londonderry, Vermont, 05148 802-824-3400 Fax: 802-824-3027 Offers the Korean "HO-MI" hand cultivator (curved trowel/cultivator), well-designed and effective - Necessary Trading Co. One Nature's Way New Castle, Virginia, 24127-0305 FAX - 703/864-5186 Phone: 1-703-864-5103 "Natural Solutions for Farm, Home and Garden" Wide range of supplies, books, fertilizers, tools and equipment - catalogue headings include: books, composting equipment & supplies, soil testing equipment & supplies, cover crop seeds, fertilizers (their largest offering), pest management supplies and equipment, wild bird supplies, animal care supplies and miscellaneous hand tools. A major supplier, along with Zook & Ranck and Fertrell, for organic farmers and market growers in the Eastern U.S. - HARMONY FARM SUPPLY [CAT - $2 deduct. from] P.O. Box 451 [first order] Graton, CA 95444 PEACEFUL VALLEY FARM SUPPLY [CAT - $2 deduct. from] P.O. Box 2209 [first order] Grass Valley, CA 95945 - Shepherd's Garden Seeds Shipping Office 30 Irene St. Torrington, Connecticut, 06790 860-482-3638 - You might also call the folks at ATTRA (Appropriate Technology for Rural Areas) at 1-800-346-9140. They might have some other names & addresses for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following list was found in an article posted to the rec.gardens newsgroup: - Gardening Hand Tool Mail Order Sources ====================================== 1. P.A. Bonvallet's Sons Inc. R.R. 1 Box 160 St. Anne, IL 60964 Catalog: Free 815-427-8222 Offerings: pots, containers, soil conditioners, fertilizers Comments: wholesale distributor ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2. W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 300 Park Ave. Warminster, PA 18991-0001 Catalog: Free Offerings: seeds, perennials, bulbs, woody plants, supplies Comments: separate seasonal catalogs are available ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Dayton Bag and Burlap 210 Dowdle St., Unit 5 Algonquin, IL 60102 Catalog: Free 708-658-8488 Fax: 708-658-4197 Offerings: nursery supplies Comments: wholesale distributor ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The Dramm Company P.O. Box 528 Manitowoc, WI 54220 Catalog: Free Offerings: watering tools ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Earl May Seed Company 208 North Elm Street Shanandoah, IA 51603-0099 Catalog: Free 712-246-1020 Offerings: woody plants, seeds, perennials, growing supplies ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Garden's Alive Hyw. 48, P.O. Box 149 Sunman, IN 47041 Catalog: Free 812-623-3800 Offerings: tools, equipment, IPM supplies, beneficial insects ----------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Gardener's Supply 128 Intervale Rd. Burlington, VT 05401 Catalog: Free 802-863-1700 Offerings: tools, equipment, IPM supplies ----------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Gempler's P.O. Box 270, 211 Blue Mound Rd. Mount Horeb, WI 53572 Catalog: Free 800-328-8473 Fax: 800-551-1128 Offerings: agricultural supplies, protective equipment ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Grower's Supply Company P.O. Box 1123 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Catalog: Free 313-662-6058 Offerings: indoor stands, lights and trays ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Henry Field's Heritage Gardens 1 Meadow Ridge Rd. Shenandoah, IA 51601-0700 Catalog: Free 605-665-5188 Offerings: woody plants, perennials, tools, supplies ----------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Innis Violets 8 Maddison Lane Lynnfield, MA 01904 Catalog: $1 617-334-6679 Offerings: African violet growing supplies, high dome terrariums ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12. J. W. Jung Seed Co. 335 S. High Street Rondolf, WI 53956 Catalog: Free Offerings: seeds, woody plants, perennials, tools, supplies ----------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Kinsman Company, Inc. River Road Point Pleasant, PA 18950 Catalog: Free 215-297-5613 Offerings: gardening tools and equipment ----------------------------------------------------------------- 14. A. M. Leonard, Inc. 6665 Spiker Road, P.O. Box 816 Piqua, OH 45356-0816 Catalog: Free 513-773-2694 Fax: 513-773-8640 Offerings: tools, supplies Comments: offers a range of professional tools and equipment for horticulturists ----------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Mellinger's 2310 W. South Range Road North Lima, OH 44452-9731 Catalog: Free 216-549-9861 Offerings: seeds, woody plants, perennials, tropical plants, tools, growing supplies ----------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Midwest Trading P.O. Box 384 St. Charles, IL 60174 Catalog: Free 708-742-1840 Fax: 708-888-3818 Offerings: horticultural supplies, equipment, tools, and structures. Comments: wholesale catalog ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17. Walt Nick Company 36 McCleod Lane, P.O. Box 433 Topsfield, MA 01983 Catalog: Free 508-887-3388 Offerings: gardening tools and equipment ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Park Seed Company Cokesbury Road Greennwood, SC 29647-0001 Catalog: Free Offerings: seeds, bulbs, perennials, growing supplies Comments: separate seasonal catalogs offered ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Ringer 9959 Valley View Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3585 Catalog: Free 800-654-1047 Fax: 612-941-5036 Offerings: tools, equipment, growing supplies, IPM supplies Comments: offers a range of organic lawn and garden products ----------------------------------------------------------------- 20. Smith And Hawkins 25 Corte Madera Mill Valley, CA 94941 Catalog: Free 414-383-2000 Offerings: tools, gardening supplies, furniture ----------------------------------------------------------------- 21. Wayside Gardens 1 Garden Lane Hodges, SC 29695-0001 Catalog: $1 800-845-1124 Offerings: perennials, woody plants, growing supplies Comments: illustrated catalog ----------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Wingert Pottery 1185 Atlantic Dr. West Chicago, IL 60185 Catalog: Free 708-293-9097 Fax: 708-293-9114 Offerings: clay pots, garden ornaments Comments: an extensive selection of clay pots, wholesale and retail, a division of Ceramo Company, Inc. : Lawrence F. London, Jr., Venaura Farm, Chapel Hill, NC USA london@sunSITE.unc.edu, london@mercury.interpath.net http://sunSITE.unc.edu/london/The_Sustainable_Farmstead.html http://www.interpath.net/~london Organic Gardening & Permaculture Information :