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  1. In Australia the holiday season is the season to use petrol gardening equipment all day, every day. Pythons, lizards, frogs and insects are simply shredded and mulched alive.

    Robotic lawn mowers and fossil fuel gardening tools are shredding wildlife

    "Scientists analyzed 370 documented cases of hedgehogs being injured (cut) by electric gardening tools in Germany. Almost half of the hedgehogs found ... did not survive the injuries. The data reveal a serious animal welfare and conservation issue for these specially protected animals, as most hedgehogs were only found hours or even days after the accidents." >>
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2024

    #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #lawns #gardens #GardeningTools #robots #LawnMowing #machines #harm #gardening #WhipperSnipper #LeafBlowers #mowers #FossilFuel #RoboticMowers #GardeningEquipment #PlasticNetting

    Image: Bracca matutinata (Southern Bracca), Bellingen, NSW

  2. Want to be able to chop plant residues even after the apocalypse ?

    The pedal powered garden shredder is your buddy!

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0FZpuox
    (video in German)

    Instructions and a poster with DIY Instructions in English:
    kante.info/download-bereich/fa

    The KanTe-collective is super cool!

    @fsologureng @compost

    #LowTech #DIY #GardeningTools #AtelierPaysan #KanTe #Agroecology #TechSovereignty #BikeMachines

  3. A new tool for the #marketgarden made mostly from workshop scraps: A wide #rake to mark drills for #sowing and #planting.
    Originally, I wanted to use the metal rake in the first picture for this, but the angle of the pins was just not right.

    So I made one from two pieces of batten, a handle bought (as a hoe) from a discounter for 7€, some wood dowels and a bit of hose.

    My beds are 80cm wide so the distance between the outer pins is 70cm. This way, I have 5cm to the edges on each side.
    There is a total of nine pins. Depending on the number of pieces of hose I put on, I can mark up to nine rows on the bed in one go.
    The bed has to be flat though, but here the metal rake comes handy.

    7€ and 1 1/4h work - I'm pretty chuffed.

    #gardening #GardeningTools #GardenDIY #DIY

  4. #Gardening Just spent 3 hours plating 230 bulbs #ThinkSpring and weeding until my back and fingers ache....the rain really helped to loosen the soil. More rain expected tonight. These were my friends. #GardeningTools