Gardening Hand Tool Sourcelist - November 24, 1999 Revision
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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November 24, 1999 Revision
Gardening Hand Tool Sourcelist
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This update includes new information on mail order
of English Bulldog (Record-Bulldog) garden tools
from companies in the USA. Until recently there has
not been a source for them here; for those not
familiar with Bulldog, they are lifetime tools
and the best designed and fabricated and most durable
of any in the world; Japanese and German brands are
of equal quality and offer different types of tools
not usually made in England (I am looking for sources
for these if anyone knows of any).
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Gardening Hand Tool Sourcelist
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From: rick valley <bambo...@cmug.com>:
Marugg Co.
for scythes
<Mar...@BLomand.Net>
and
Hida Tool Co.
for Japanese gardening, carpentry and bamboo working tools
1-800-443-5512
They're a fine outfit, excellent service & the best quality -
Japanese tools come in a huge range of quality.
Hida is the Co. I get the Ebinata from, a hatchet-type
tool I wrote up for the Activist once- great for mulching up trees.
Another fine company is Bellota, out of the Basque country in Spain- I
have a
10yr-old catalog and one eye hoe, beautifully forged of incredible
steel-
double-ended, a three-inch chisel & two 5/8 inch prongs on the other.
They also manufacture in Venezuela.
Bellota:
Tel. 34-43-730-000. Fax 34-43-733-524.
Expect Spanish, but they'd probably love it if you spoke Basque.
ARS saws and pruners are also favorites of mine; a wholesale source of
them
and more, that'll lead you to a retail source is Barnel: (800)
877-9907 or
<in...@barnel.com>
Rick Valley,
Rick Valley Northern Groves
PO Box 1236, Philomath, OR 97370
Mobile-(541)602-1315, hm.& msg. (541)929-7152
Bamboo catalog $2 or at <http://www.teleport.com/~dbrooks/bamboo.html>
"Useful Bamboos and other plants - Permaculture education - Ecological
design
& consultation centering on water, landform and horticultural systems"
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Chillington Tools
The Chillington Tool Co.Ltd.,
Bridge Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex,
RH16 1UA
UK.
Phone : + 1444 417 220
Fax : + 1444 457 662
"The prices seem pretty reasonable, and they do Mail Order.
They're a set of tools where the blade is set at a right
angle to the handle - used like a mattock, and very versatile,
as you can dig, cut through roots, hoe etc.
Whenever you see farm workers in the Developing World on TV,
they're using this type of tool,"
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Japanese gardening tools:
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Japanese KAMA scythes are of high-quality steel
and come in a size to suit every need. Their knives
(splitting bamboo etc) are excellent.
For more information contact Matsumoto-san,
a permaculture activist in Japan with good contacts with many local
factories that make high quality tools, often by hand. His address is:
Noboru Matsumoto
402 Shiyona-Zho
Kasugai-Shi
Aichi, Japan.
Catherine Pawasarat (as...@gol.com) should know his email address
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Seeds of Change
Bulldog Garden Tools
(made in England at factory in Wigan, sold under the Record name)
Seeds of Change®
PO Box 15700
Santa Fe NM 87506
1-888-762-7333
Email address:
gard...@seedsofchange.com
http://st4.yahoo.com/seedsofchange/bulrectool.html
Bountiful Gardens
1999 Main Catalog
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/bgmain.htm
-- Biointensive and organic --
garden seed and supplies
Garden tools and supplies:
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/toolmain.htm
Spear & Jackson digging tools (D-handles fork & spade,
other English & oriental tools
Bill and Betsy Bruneau, Managers
Bountiful Gardens 18001 Shafer Ranch Road, Willits, CA 95490-9626 USA
voice/fax 707-459-6410
Email: boun...@zapcom.net
(C) Copyright 1999, Ecology Action of the Midpeninsula, Inc. dba
Bountiful Gardens.
Garden Tools of Maine
http://members.aol.com/gtmaine
RR2, Box 2208, Holden, Maine 04429
Phone: 888 271 2672 Fax: 888 271 2674
Email: gtm...@aol.com
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Hortus Ornamenti
http://www.greenwich.co.uk/hortus/index.htm
"Fine Gardening Tools
Hortus Ornamenti prides itself on producing some of the finest quality
hand made gardening tools and accessories available today. The designs
are inspired by those of bygone eras, these are ideal gifts for
the discerning gardener."
Address:
Hortus Ornamenti
23 Cleveland Road
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 2HF
United Kingdom
Telephone/Fax:
+44(0)1243 782467
Email to fax:
remote-printer....@7.6.4.2.8.7.3.4.2.1.4.4.tpc.int
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Lee Valley & Veritas
http://www.leevalley.com
"If you have ideas for new tools (either gardening or woodworking),
or other recommendations, we would like to hear from you.
You can reach us by mail at these addresses:
USA & International
We serve USA and international customers by mail order. Packages can
be
shipped by UPS ground to anywhere in continental USA. Packages to
Alaska and
Hawaii are shipped by UPS air.
Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
Mail Order Center
12 East River Street
P.O. Box 1780, Ogdensburg, N.Y. 13669-6780
USA
Canada
We serve Canada by mail order and through our retail stores. See our
store
location maps for the store nearest you.
Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
Mail Order Center
1090 Morrison Drive
P.O. Box 6295, Stn. J, Ottawa, Ontario K2A 1T4
Canada
or by telephone at these numbers:
USA
1-800-267-8735
Canada
1-800-267-8761
International
1-613-596-0350
or e-mail us at custome...@leevalley.com
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A. M. Leonard
http://www.amleo.com
Sales: (sa...@amleo.com)
Customer: Service (cust...@amleo.com)
General Information: (in...@amleo.com)
To order call toll free number 24 hours a day at (800) 543-8955.
Customer Service/Technical Assistance call 8:00am - 5:00pm EST at
(800) 543-8955.
Fax: 24 hours a day, toll free, at (800) 433-0633
A. M. Leonard, Inc.
241 Fox Drive
Piqua, Ohio 45356-0816
Tree maintenance and nursery equipment, miscellaneous
gardening/landscaping
tools/supplies, eye hoes, scythes
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Smith & Hawken
http://www.smith-hawken.com
http://st3.yahoo.com/smithandhawken
"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
Customer Service: 1-800-776-5558
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.
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Smith & Hawken and A.M. Leonard sell a scythe system with a straight
wooden snath (lightweight, strong & easy to use) and an Austrian
lightweight
grass & grain blade that is thin, long and can easily be sharpened.
This tool is perfect for cutting lawns. It _can_ remove weeds/grass
right
down to the ground. 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. Smith & Hawken sells a straight two-handled model
while
AM Leonard sells a slightly curved one with one handle (you grip the
top of the handle
with your other hand). It is possible that S & H no longer carries
their model, but if
they get enough requests fir it that might offer it again.
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Gardex
http://www.gardexindia.com
"Gardex offers the widest and most comprehensive range of agro/garden
tools from India"
"Gardex offers the widest and most comprehensive range of agro/garden
tools from India.
We can develop any model as per your requirement"
- Marketing Office:
808, Antriksh Bhawan
22, Kasturba Ghandhi Marg
New Delhi - 110001 (India)
Tel. : (91 - 11) 3715431, 3722159
Fax. : (91 - 11) 3715096
E- Mail : sa...@gardexindia.com
- Corporate Office:
C- 7 Focal Point
Jalandhar - 144 004 (India)
Tel. : (91 - 181) 290889, 293890, 293891
Fax. : (91 - 181) 290562, 225581,
E- Mail : corp...@gardexindia.com
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Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
http://www.groworganic.com
Tel: (530) 272-4769
Fax: (530) 272-4794
OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PST
PEACEFUL VALLEY FARM SUPPLY
P.O. Box 2209
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Spear & Jackson Tools + many other useful brands
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Walt Nicke
1-978-887-3388
Walte Nicke's Gardentalk
A Catalog of Fine Tools for Gardeners
http://www.gardentalk.com
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Seeds of Change
P.O. Box 15700
3209 Richards Lane
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87506
1-888-762-7333
505-438-6529
gardener@seedsofchange,com
Retail mail order sales of English Record/Bulldog garden tools:
heavy duty digging fork and digging spade and many others
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The Kinsman Co.
Kinsman Garden Company, Inc.
River Road
P.O. Box 357
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 18950
1-800-733-4146, 215-297-0890 (local) info & orders
Fax: 215-297-0450
215-297-5613 wholesale
Website: http://kinsmangarden.com
Email: kinsma...@bux.com
Retail mail order sales of English Record/Bulldog garden tools
Kinsman carries a half dozen or so of the more popular English
Bulldog
tools under the Record name (Record now owns the Bulldog garden tool
line).
They have their own catalog with these and many other garden items
listed:
digging spade, border spade, digging fork, border fork, poachers spade
(rabbiting tool - good for planting or transplanting), hand fork &
trowel
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Record Tool North American Distributor
Record Tools, Inc.
1920 Clements Rd.
Pickering, Ontario, Canada, L1W-3V6
(Canada #) 905-428-1077
(USA #) 716-842-1180
Record Tools, Inc. provides wholesale and retail outlets with a very
wide array of Record/Bulldog garden tools. Call or write them for
their
garden tool catalog.
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James Cooksons (Stockport) Ltd.
Cheshire, U.K.
http://www.cooksons.com
Spear & Jackson, Bulldog (Record/Bulldog) and other brands of
high-quality
traditional English hand garden tools. Many different types of spades,
forks, hoes and other implements. Contact them for a catalog - they do
mail
order sales to USA (no duty, no VAT, depending on where you live you
may
only pay state use tax).
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Miscellaneous phone numbers:
Gardener's Supply Co. (800-863-1700)
A.M. Leonard (800-543-8955
Smith & Hawken (800-981-9888)
Langenbach (800-362-4410)
Kinsman Co. (800-733-4146)
Walt Nicke's Garden Talk (508-887-3388)
Harmony Farm Supply (707-823-9125)
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply (916-272-4769)
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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
in North Carolina has successfully done this.
http://www.johnnyseeds.com
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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
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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
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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.
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Snow & Nealley
Axes & Mauls, Gardening and Woodworking Tools
http://www.sntools.com/contact.htm
Order Desk Hours, 8:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday Eastern Time.
Telephone:
(800)-933-6642
FAX:
(207) 941-0857
Postal address:
P.O. Box 876, Bangor, ME 04402-0876
Electronic mail:
General Information, Sales, & Customer Service: in...@sntools.com
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Garden & Landscaping Connection at Where-AT (tm) website
http://www.where-at.com/your_home/gardening.htm
Lots of gardening links
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Hand & Garden Tool Connection at Where-AT (tm) website
http://www.where-at.com/your_home/tools.htm
LOTS of links to all sorts of tool and equipment manufacturers &
dealers
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HARMONY FARM SUPPLY
P.O. Box 451
Graton, CA 95444
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Cumberland General Store
Catalog $3.00 from:
Rt. 3 box 81,
Crossville TN 38555
615-484-8481.
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Mellinger's
2310 W. South Range Road
North Lima, OH 44452-9731
216-549-9861
Offerings: seeds, woody plants, perennials, tropical
plants, tools, growing supplies
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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
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Langenbach
P.O. Box 453
Blairstown, N.J., 07825
Toll Free: 1-800-362-1991
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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: ma...@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
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Shepherd's Garden Seeds
Shipping Office
30 Irene St.
Torrington, Connecticut, 06790
860-482-3638
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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.
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P.A. Bonvallet's Sons Inc.
R.R. 1 Box 160
St. Anne, IL 60964
815-427-8222
Offerings: pots, containers, soil conditioners, fertilizers
Comments: wholesale distributor
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W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
300 Park Ave.
Warminster, PA 18991-0001
Offerings: seeds, perennials, bulbs, woody plants, supplies
Comments: separate seasonal catalogs are available
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Dayton Bag and Burlap
210 Dowdle St., Unit 5
Algonquin, IL 60102
708-658-8488 Fax: 708-658-4197
Offerings: nursery supplies
Comments: wholesale distributor
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Dramm Corporation
2000 North 18th Street
PO Box 1960
Manitowoc, WI 54221-1960 USA
920-684-0227 Voice
920-684-4499 Fax
800-258-0848 Toll Free USA
webiste: http://www.dramm.com
email: gar...@dramm.com
Dramm Products can be ordered on line at..
gardengift.com
619 South 26th Sreet
Manitowoc, WI 54220-3707 USA
email: ser...@gardengift.com
Offerings: watering tools
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Earl May Seed Company
208 North Elm Street
Shanandoah, IA 51603-0099
712-246-1020
Offerings: woody plants, seeds, perennials, growing supplies
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Garden's Alive
Hwy. 48, P.O. Box 149
Sunman, IN 47041
812-623-3800
Offerings: tools, equipment, IPM supplies, beneficial insects
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Gardener's Supply
128 Intervale Rd.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-863-1700
Offerings: tools, equipment, IPM supplies
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Gempler's
P.O. Box 270, 211 Blue Mound Rd.
Mount Horeb, WI 53572
800-328-8473 Fax: 800-551-1128
Offerings: agricultural supplies, protective equipment
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Grower's Supply Company
P.O. Box 1123
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
313-662-6058
Offerings: indoor stands, lights and trays
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Henry Field's Heritage Gardens
1 Meadow Ridge Rd.
Shenandoah, IA 51601-0700
605-665-5188
Offerings: woody plants, perennials, tools, supplies
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Innis Violets
8 Maddison Lane
Lynnfield, MA 01904
617-334-6679
Offerings: African violet growing supplies, high dome terrariums
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J. W. Jung Seed Co.
335 S. High Street
Rondolf, WI 53956
Offerings: seeds, woody plants, perennials, tools, supplies
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Midwest Trading
P.O. Box 384
St. Charles, IL 60174
708-742-1840 Fax: 708-888-3818
Offerings: horticultural supplies, equipment, tools, and structures.
Comments: wholesale catalog
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Park Seed Company
Cokesbury Road
Greennwood, SC 29647-0001
Offerings: seeds, bulbs, perennials, growing supplies
Comments: separate seasonal catalogs offered
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Ringer
9959 Valley View Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3585
800-654-1047 Fax: 612-941-5036
Offerings: tools, equipment, growing supplies, IPM supplies
Comments: offers a range of organic lawn and garden products
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Wayside Gardens
1 Garden Lane
Hodges, SC 29695-0001
800-845-1124
Offerings: perennials, woody plants, growing supplies
Comments: illustrated catalog
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Wingert Pottery
1185 Atlantic Dr.
West Chicago, IL 60185
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.
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