{"id":6209,"date":"2010-02-22T04:17:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T11:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2011-10-17T05:13:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T12:13:35","slug":"measuring-aids-when-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/garden-equipment-tips\/measuring-aids-when-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Aids When Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bodgers know about making use of the ordinary to help achieve results and here are a few tips for gardeners when measuring in the garden.<\/p>\n

Your own body has natural measurement so check them out against a tape measure or ruler and remember the key ones. A stride is about 3 feet, a hand span from tip of thumb to tip of little finger is about 9″, an index finger 3″, heel to toe in a gardening boot 12″, arms akimbo 6 feet, hand width 4″ etc.<\/p>\n

Home made measuring sticks can be created, from a 3 foot cane you have a yard stick, on a longer strip of wood paint a mark every foot or every 6″. On your garden rake or other tools paint sizes or lengths.<\/p>\n

Buy your watering can with measures already marked or test the capacity with a kitchen jug and record the size with a permanent marker pen. Invaluable when mixing concentrated chemicals.<\/p>\n

Buy a graduated dibber and trowel with marks every 2″ or make your own. Measure the depth of the blade on your spade.<\/p>\n

Tie a known length of string to two pegs and stretch it out to get a straight edge of known length. If you are a sports field groundsman you may have a metal linked chain for your cricket pitch which will be 22 feet or ‘one chain’ long.<\/p>\n

Areas are harder to measure but 4 by 3 foot canes in a square equals a square yard and this can be useful for spreading dry fertilizer and lawn weed killers.<\/p>\n

Thermometers for the greenhouse and rain gauges are best bought from your hardware store of Amazon like the tri dial weather station<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even the RHS promotes the use of a homemade Measuring Stick<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bodgers know about making use of the ordinary to help achieve results and here are a few tips for gardeners when measuring in the garden. Your own body has natural measurement so check them out against a tape measure or ruler and remember the key ones. A stride is about 3 feet, a hand span from tip of thumb to tip of little finger is about 9″, an index finger 3″, heel to toe in a gardening boot 12″, arms…<\/p>\n

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