Des Higgins wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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La Puce wrote:
neilr wrote:
A useful tool I imagine and an interesting name. Similar in shape to a
timber working/shaping tool - the Adze -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adze
Sounds like the name 'Adaza' may be derived from 'Adze' - or vice
versa.

In france we call it 'beche' or une 'binette'.

The beche is the larger bladed implement. At home, we used to call it
a beche or a houe. , The binette the one with a small blade in front,
and two spikes in the back - as they appear on the website posted by
the OP.
These are the implements we used in the garden when I was a kid, to dig
planting trenches or weed (the binette for the latter job, or for
smaller trenches). I had to come to Ireland to discover the dutch hoe
and other such weeding implements.

or de bottle of roundup


Indeedy. Although the heady days of worshipping at the altar of the
evil Monsanto and dribbling roundup all around the house to get rid of
the jungle, or those of re-enacting the Kildare Debrousailleuse
Massacre are now well and truly over. Having planted plenty things I
care about, I have made friends with the dutch hoe, and my ten
fingers...
It's so easy to be environmentally responsible once you have slayn the
Evil Ground Elder.
Cat(h)