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The Whole Root and Nothing Left Of Root by owasco

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hive-114105 · @owasco ·
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The Whole Root and Nothing Left Of Root
What has a dandelion root got to do with Lifestyle Lounge? 

If part of your lifestyle includes tilling ground or foraging for roots, have I got the tool for you! 

  




![IMG_20210326_141646063.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/owasco/23viAh8topNszP8nvZ7q3uv5jCxFAUnpEAFeASA3PkorxVBqzamt9P8Fkd3YKDczMvX2C.jpg)





I've been on a quest for labor and back saving gardening tools this year. So far, the [**Corona Soil Ripper**](https://www.google.com/search?q=corona+soil+ripper&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS882US882&oq=corona+soil+&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l3j0i22i30l3j0i10i22i30j0i22i30.3218j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) is my favorite of three items I've plunked down money on. Links to my short posts about the other two items, a wheelbarrow and a cold frame,  are below. 


After agonizing over whether or not to purchase this $35 item, I made the plunge because of [this big burly guy's recommendation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_032LMp6Q). If it made a big burly guy's life easier, it was bound to make a little old lady happy too. 

Last year I used a pick ax to break and till ground. It was so difficult I could only do one square foot a day, or my back would be very sore the next. This year, I could do quite a bit more with ease because of this little baby. 

![IMG_20210326_140512260.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/owasco/23wgL5gP2uAMDjbVTUAg8EncKtEMxgwQjbRC4242Dp4mXcZAhE2x4eL69fJTmWsxedzEY.jpg)


![text16.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcvVqhGMbF1KAHTn9Wh8FiRhmpAbiEuAKerVM7ugDnXfX/text16.png)

Although I bought the Corona Soil Ripper to till my veggie patch, I quickly found it to be an excellent tool for harvesting dandelion roots. Here's how. 

##### Find the plant you want


![IMG_20210326_141222610.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/owasco/Eo4C7N3NCj7HXSBUAJJ4C6L6erKdLnz3xsebEEs7rRbcspYMoQFkkpMRb7zrzByRrKn.jpg)

<center><sub>A dandelion calling out to me</sub></center>

![text16.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcvVqhGMbF1KAHTn9Wh8FiRhmpAbiEuAKerVM7ugDnXfX/text16.png)

##### Apply the tool over the crown of the plant

Step down on the footpad, give the tool a couple twists in one direction, then a couple more in the other. 

![IMG_20210326_141435672.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/owasco/23xVRJsd7hLGpcDKhGiEEKEs7RuYp7EaE7TAitDBbhdY11z5dcoj5GTsqWhP34suWWb4Q.jpg)


![text16.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcvVqhGMbF1KAHTn9Wh8FiRhmpAbiEuAKerVM7ugDnXfX/text16.png)

##### Remove tool

You will have loosened all the soil around the plant you want to a depth of over six inches, having not bent over once. Happy back!!!


![IMG_20210326_141514003.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/owasco/23uFTQgrQikDsykuQzz6Z3iXhcnmzPPyo5qsEPD8fiJ9ATMZDFCVPDfxxSGxyy7q7a8dz.jpg)




![text16.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcvVqhGMbF1KAHTn9Wh8FiRhmpAbiEuAKerVM7ugDnXfX/text16.png)

##### Bend over

(but this is the only time you will have to do that) and give your plant a little tug. Out it comes, down to the tip of the root. 



![IMG_20210326_141646063.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/owasco/23viAh8topNszP8nvZ7q3uv5jCxFAUnpEAFeASA3PkorxVBqzamt9P8Fkd3YKDczMvX2C.jpg)

![text16.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcvVqhGMbF1KAHTn9Wh8FiRhmpAbiEuAKerVM7ugDnXfX/text16.png)
I've got my eye on a few types of dock coming up to use this on.

Eradicate garlic mustard from your yard by getting out ALL of the root. 

This mullein root was a bit more difficult to get all of, but I did it. 




![IMG_20210409_190613867.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/owasco/23x1DFK2qj6rYBFJENNd13j9jXE1QiU6rdQBDPYpmmArvDMTidEpqvEhSXGPpFFLse4pC.jpg)
<center><sub>This was in a very rocky place, on a slope, and would have been impossible to get out with either a pick ax or a shovel</center></sub>

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## I love this thing!!!

Thanks for reading about it
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##### Other time, and/or back, saving tools

[Wheelbarrow](https://peakd.com/hive-114105/@owasco/a-wheelbarrow-for-little-people)





[Cold Frame](https://peakd.com/hive-114105/@owasco/my-first-foray-into-cold-frames)



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@riverflows · 
Ha you're on a weed pulling mission!!!! But why are you pulling mullein - or do you have heaps? I'm so jealous as mine are so small, and I can't find them wild!

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@owasco · 
I will be moving one of these days, and I am certain the next owner is not going to continue to re-wild my little acre here, so I am harvesting a lot of the medicinal plants now - I know they have not been poisoned in the two decades I've been in charge. I needed some mullein root. I got the tiniest little jar of tincture going with this piece.
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@riverflows · 
Nice. Why are you moving, did I miss that story?
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@trucklife-family · 
The ground is so dry here,that I use a similar tool for harvesting roots. Had quite a lot of rain recently though, so be good to harvest while the ground is still wet. Love dandelion root and burdock root xxx
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