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Hoe Test Plot

August 9, 2012 By Carol Michel 9 Comments

Hoe Test Plot

Every gardeners needs a hoe test plot, a place to try out a new hoe or any hoe in their collection and see how well it works.

My hoe test plot just happens to be an area left open in the patio so I could plant something in it.  However, I haven’t planted anything in it, so some weeds moved in, mostly thistle and thankfully not bindweed, making it a Hoe Test Plot.

This may not be the best location for a Hoe Test Plot, but it works for me, for now.  All it needs is a sign that says “Hoe Test Plot – Do Not Weed” so that should anyone see this and think that I am a lazy gardener who can’t even be bothered to pull the weeds right outside the back door, they will realize right away that I have intentionally left this area in this condition so that I could test out a few hoes.

Next spring, I’ll probably move the Hoe Test Plot to another area of the garden and plant something here that is drought tolerant.

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  1. carolee says

    August 9, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    Love it! Right now, half my gardens could be a hoe test plot…I'm making the sign today! And, what are you doing up posting blogs at 3 am!

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  2. Kathy says

    August 9, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Well, shucks, when I saw the title of the post, I thought you were actually going to test a few hoes for us. Instead, you just tell us here is the place you would test hoes if you were going to test hoes. No hoes were actually tested, were they?

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  3. growingagardenindavis says

    August 9, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    I apparently have a "clippers test hedge". Which is turning into a "pole pruner test hedge".

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  4. Commonweeder says

    August 9, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    I have a similar hoe test plot by my patio – and I never knew! but now I know just what to do with that area.

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  5. Heidi/IN Woodland Gardener says

    August 9, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    LOL! What a fun post!

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  6. garden sheds in Hamilton says

    August 9, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    what a very impressive post. I am glad for the share. Now that you mention it, I guess I should allocate a space for hoe test. I really don't have one. Thanks!

    Reply
  7. Cathy says

    August 9, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Brilliant! I need several of those signs dotted around the garden! I have already considered a sign "Nature Reserve" for part of the garden…

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  8. Helen Malandrakis says

    August 9, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    Great idea!

    Reply
  9. Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp says

    August 11, 2012 at 1:57 am

    I'd say the plants in the test plot are pretty drought tolerant.

    Reply

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