I am down to only two dogs and one cat so it is calmer here, Christie. I can picture Jackson dashing in stinking and you all trying to catch him. There is always something with pets and more you have, the more often the little adventures. You will look back on it when Jackson is old and laugh. My boys have deer bones and a squashed vole that Honey dug up.

I got some bags of leaves over the weekend and put them over cardboard from Sam's. That is all I did outside because I wasn't home. I had a cold all last week so didn't get to enjoy those nice days. I hope we get one more warm day in before rain tomorrow and no severe weather.

Have you seen these hoes for sale? I don't usually spend much on tools, but these look like nice ones.

(Sorry Christie, I thought I was starting a new thread. I was looking up tomatoes and found the link. I was just in Aurora MO last weekend on Church St. and would have stopped at the True Value if I had known about them then)

Here is a link that might be useful: garden hoes

This post was edited by helenh on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 0:39

You know I don't mind Helen. I think our January spring weather is over for awhile anyway. It was snowing here this morning.
I don't ever use a hoe although it might make life easier if I did. It should work well especially on shallow rooted weeds like henbit and lamium that come up so plentifully. Looks like a good thing to spend some money on to me. It would save you some time and you'll be doing less bending. Your back will appreciate that.