Reel for Use with Seed-Planting Guide String
This Reel Aids in Setting Out Plants in Rows
Many gardeners derive as much pleasure from the orderly arrangement of the plants in their “farms” as from any other feature of this home diversion, and I am one of them. In order to facilitate the planting I made a reel like that shown in the sketch. The frame is of wood, and the reel is made of a piece of broomstick to which two small tins, or box covers, are nailed. A wire handle made of a long nail is fitted to one end, and a shoulder hook is used as a stop for the handle when it is desired to check the line. A screw eye driven into the back of the frame holds it at various heights on the stake. This device is far superior to the common use of two stakes for the planting cord.—James M. Kane, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.