I love my garden, but my back is getting cranky with the bending over and pulling or trimming grass as grass and weeds invade my garden. I have a little folding stool which has wonderful pockets for tools and for a water bottle, but I have to frequently get up and move the whole assembly over. Why can't I just stand and trim? (and a weed whacker is too much power for the small areas so please don't suggest I get another weed whacker.)

So I imagine a shoe with steel toes and a mechanism inside which, if you stomp on a spring trigger, two stainless steel 4 inch blades protruding from the toe will scissor together. You can stand and guide the toe and cut off the long grasses growing on the edge of the garden. I hope to have an illustration soon.

Weeding is another problem, I'm working on a digging and pulling mechanical "finger" imbedded in a shoe to yank out the weeds, but that is more complex.

Thank you for your time.
-- dentworth, Jul 30 2005

Trimmer Shoes [FarmerJohn, Jul 30 2005]

Edging Spur http://www.droversm...hisholmtrail_lg.jpg
Sort of like this, for strapping onto Trimmer Shoes. [jurist, Jul 30 2005]

I think I'd rather have a little battery-powered rover stool to move me around.
-- goober, Jul 30 2005


swiss army gardening shoes.
-- po, Jul 30 2005


OHHH I like that [po]!

I found *stealth lawnmower*, see link, and I can't tell if that is a large machine or a small thing like a shoe, where is [8th]? oops link gone
-- dentworth, Jul 30 2005


Iraq probably.
-- po, Jul 30 2005


Rather hard to explain at the airport, but croissant.
-- DrCurry, Jul 30 2005


Thank you FarmerJohn, a fabulous illustration.

oh and I forgot to add "shoes not recommended for dancing."
-- dentworth, Jul 30 2005


Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) of S.P.E.C.T.R.E in "From Russia With Love" would have treasured shoes like these for her golden retirement days.
-- jurist, Jul 30 2005


In addition to the Trimmer Shoes, you should get a pair of Strap-On Edging Spurs to give your lawn a finished, well-manicured look.
-- jurist, Jul 30 2005


As long as running with them indoors can put out an eye, my Mum will give them her blessing.
-- reensure, Jul 30 2005


At the risk of injecting a pragmatic tone to the conversation, wouldn't you be better off with some long-handled edging shears and a good sharp Dutch hoe?
-- Basepair, Jul 30 2005


Very nice indeed.
-- calum, Aug 03 2005


Farmer Johns last illustration before he left.

Wishing I had these shoes now, the weeds are stalking the petunias.
-- dentworth, May 13 2006



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