Three or more years ago, I lost a hand pruner. I hoped for a long time that it would turn up. It’s a useful tool, especially in my yard where I have 40 rhododendrons and about a dozen azaleas to prune every year. I never found it.
So this spring, I bought another one at the Co-op. I choose the one for about $20, not the $75 one that the sales associate said you could repair. I thought, if I lose it, I wouldn’t be out as much money.
Then, darn. The pruning sheers disappeared. All I have left is the empty package.
One theory I have about lost garden tools is that I put them in the wheel barrel, pile weeds or clippings on top of them, and then accidentally put them in the yard waste bin when I empty the wheel barrel.
So, I had to decide. Do I want to spend another $20 or do I want to empty out the yard waste bin to see if it’s in there? Time is precious when you have more than 50 bushes to prune that take about an hour each. But, I was curious.
Emptying the yard waste bin is no fun because composted food is part of the contents. I emptied bin into the wheel barrel, eggshells, moldy bread, meat scraps and all. When it was full, I piled stuff onto the driveway. No pruning shears. Sigh.
I wonder if there’s a place that lost garden tools go to like the place where single socks go? Surely no one would come into my yard and steal tools I left out.
