by Noel | Oct 26, 2021 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
Bed of Galinsoga Galinsoga (galinsoga parviflora) is often called gallant soldier, and also quickweed, or potato weed, or by many other common names. It’s native to South America and was brought to Europe, where it’s now pervasive, in the 1700’’s. Its presence in North America may either be up from Mexico or brought back from Europe. Galinsoga is named after the botanist and physician to the Queen of Spain, Ignacio Mariano Martinez de Galinsoga, who...
by Anneliese | Apr 24, 2019 | CobraHead
When we first designed the CobraHead Long Handle, we wanted to make it as comfortable as possible for people to do their weeding while standing up. For that reason, we offer three different handle sizes. The handle lengths are 48″, 54″, and 60″, but actual tool length with the blade attached is 8 inches longer. Remember to keep that in mind if you’re measuring an existing hoe to use as a comparison. Most gardeners will prefer the 54″...
by Noel | Feb 18, 2015 | CobraHead, Gardening
Our daughter Anneliese has a good friend, Jason Weiss, who is a professional cinematographer. Jason and I spent a few days in the garden last summer shooting CobraHead tools in action. Jason then edited the videos and produced eight different titles and a loop for us to use at trade shows. We’re quite happy with the finished product. We’ve got them loaded up on YouTube and our website. If you’d like to spend a few minutes looking at them, it may make you forget...
by Noel | Jul 3, 2013 | CobraHead, Gardening
The strawberry harvest is over for this year. There are still a few small berries in the beds, but the days of having to go out morning and night to keep up, and being able to pick quarts at a time are finished. This year’s harvest was good. I’ve done a reasonable job this year of keeping the beds weeded, always a difficult task. I took some pictures of the six weeds that showed up the most this spring. Ranked relative to occurrence and...
by Anneliese | Jun 15, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
Noel and I decided to seize upon the nice weather we had today and shoot a few short videos in the garden. Here, he’s demonstrating how the CobraHead Long Handle® can be used as a scuffling hoe. Please enjoy! We plan to post more videos as the summer progresses. Please let us know if there’s something you like to see from us!
