To my chagrin, I was looking for something in the garage today and found that I already had a 2.5 pound mattock that I'd bought last fall. I had it in my mind that I'd picked up a pulaski (axe and adze). I'm sure I didn't start using it because I didn't have the heavy duty footgear, but to completely forget. . . well, anyway, I'll probably exchange it for something else. I don't need two of these. :)

I did pick up a smaller version of the mattock, and find that it's an arm and shoulder workout, where with the larger one it's arms and back. It's good in smaller spaces, and I was able to take weeds out of the peppers and part of the keyhole garden.

Today I rounded up the various boxes and trays of onions that have dried for a couple of weeks. I cut off the tops and cleaned the roots and now they need to be stored. The big ones can go in a bin of peat moss to keep for a while. The medium ones will go somewhere in a bin, probably also in peat moss (but need to be used sooner) and the small ones will be diced and frozen on a tray and bagged for various cooking uses. I probably have 30 pounds or so. There are several pounds of small (new) potatoes on the drain rack (some need to be trimmed because they have green patches) that I need to store also. I'll have a lot more counter space when I get all of these put away.

SRS