{"id":2338,"date":"2008-03-21T05:40:20","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T11:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/gardenlog\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2017-07-20T10:13:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T15:13:11","slug":"mini_rake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/just-browsing\/mini_rake\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m No Hoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;though I&#8217;m known to be a bit rakish.<\/p>\n<p>Heidegger says that one way being asserts itself is when we notice the absence of something. Presence is <strong>being<\/strong> ready to hand, handy. Absence is <strong>being<\/strong> missing. When my hand rake went missing about a month ago, I felt its absence keenly. I didn&#8217;t know how much I relied on, how handy it was, it until I lost it. I&#8217;ve been using various tools in its stead; I even bought a hand cultivator but nothing has worked as well for me as my old hand rake.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve shopped around town for a replacement and finally found one today at Breed and Co ($9). It is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rumfordgardener.com\/index.asp\">The Rumford Gardener<\/a>, their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rumfordgardener.com\/shop\/ShowProduct2.asp?p_Item%20No=OXF1014\">Oxford Series Mini-Rake<\/a>. (How could I go wrong with a tool named after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/brasenose\/152525056\/\">AJM&#8217;s university<\/a>?)<\/p>\n<p>Now <a href=\"http:\/\/maydreamsgardens.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/youre-invited.html\">some of you, (Carol!)<\/a> may find it inconceivable that I do not use a hoe. I&#8217;m more of a hands-and-knees gardener. I don&#8217;t feel comfortable gardening at a distance, standing up. I&#8217;m really in it for the dirt.<\/p>\n<p>I find this mini-rake perfect for getting in between the annuals in the meadow and breaking up the crust in the mulch after a hard rain, for uprooting small weeds and pulling out leaves (especially those stuck in the agaves). I don&#8217;t know if it is my favorite tool, for I could not do without my Fiskars pruners or my trowel either. But I really missed it and I&#8217;m happy I found a replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/photos\/320\/tool_minirake.jpg\" alt=\"Rumford Gardener mini-rake\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[207,223,309,396,423,424,488],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5559,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions\/5559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}