The other day, I was trying to come up with a new concept, a new yard tool that everyone could use, something which would help the environment, and something that might save water.
You see, I wanted to come up with one more item in this category, as I have sketched out many designs over the years for various hand tools.
Luckily, I have a little bit of an engineering background, although no specific degree with fancy letters next to my name.
Also, I do have the benefits of running a think tank and knowing all the new materials which are coming forth.
Indeed, many of these materials will change everything that we know, and the way we do things.
The yard tool innovation and invention I had come up with is not like any other, and it wouldn't have been possible in the past, the materials just weren't strong enough, but today they are.
Let me describe this new yard tool which would help aerate the soil and help us retain water without having to till the soil at all.
This device you could use in your own garden, it would promote a healthy garden, proper root bacteria growth, and help trap water just underneath the surface.
The same device might work very well with keeping your lawn green using very little water.
Here's how it might work.
The device would have several vertical columns with pointed tips.
You would stick it into the ground and there would be a perpendicular piece on top of all of these tips that would have a small seat.
You would sit on the seat for extra pressure forcing all of these vertical tips into the ground.
There would be another horizontal tab adjustable based on how far into the ground you wished to stick these pointed tips.
In the case of a lawn you'd only want to go down two or 3 inches.
In a garden, you might wish to go down further as to not disturb the roots.
As each of the pointed tips reached its proper depth perpendicular pointers would come out of the side and telescope 4 or 5 inches on each side as they moved outward.
Then, you would put your foot on the top perpendicular piece where your seat was, pull up on the seat, and that would retract the bottom perpendicular pointers, so you could lift it out of the ground and start again.
This would leave very small tunnels where water could accumulate as it got into the soil.
The roots would find these areas and soak up the water.
Each time you watered the water would filter into these tubes which would cave in with dirt, although remain loosely packed, allowing water into these tunnels for maximum efficiency.
Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.