After my massive post the other day on all things dandelion, a friend texted me with a potential solution. She stated that I just had to get the Fiskars telescopic weed puller at Canadian Tire (especially as they were currently on sale).
So I did.
The mechanism is simple: plunge metal claws into the earth, and as you pull it back out of the ground, it brings the weed with it, root and all.
Previously, the system was dig, pop, pull, toss.
Now, that has changed to stab, lean, pull, eject.
Does it get the whole root? Not usually.
Does it get more root than I was getting with my trowel? OH, yes!
Does it still leave holes? Yes.
Are they smaller holes than before? YES.
Does it save my hands and my back? Yes.
Does it uproot double the number of dandelions in half the time? YES.
So, is it a perfect system? No. Though, when it comes to dandelions, I'm starting to think such a thing doesn't exist. Still, it's a better system than what I was previously doing. And as I start to run into more and more people who have uncontrollable dandelions in their yard--where last year there were none--I'm starting to think this might be the most feasible option this summer.
How many weeds could a weed puller pull...
1 comment:
Yay for fun new tools! :) And the pink SuperMOM thing is the gift bag everything was in, along with the pink notedpads. The words say something about "Defender of the family-Keeper of the Peace-Something something." The Keeper of the Peace part made me laugh.
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