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The Bag Grabber When I get all those bags home, I usually put a couple in a wheelbarrow and roll them to the vegetable garden where I stack and store them until needed. If I happen to be unloading ten to 15 bags of composted steer manure I'm going have a distinct aroma by the time I'm finished. Not only on my hands but also on my shirt and pants. It can't be helped. Moving bales of straw or hay is a whole other story that really takes some muscle and maneuvering. While perusing the Territorial Seed Company Catalog I came across the Bag Grabbit™ bag handle that enables the user to "Close, carry and store bulky bags with ease!" For about eight bucks not including the postage and handling it was worth a try.
The simple in design handle makes it relatively easy to attach the handle to the top of an unopened plastic bag or one that's been opened by folding the bag over to prevent spillage before you attach the handle. It works and the manufacturer claims the handle can support up to 50lbs and can be hung, with bag attached for storage.
For the gardener that's not in a hurry and only plans on moving a bag or two around the garden, the Grabbit™ might very well be useful. For me, and the large number of bags I toss around, it would be too time consuming and quite frankly a waste of gardening time, to attach a handle to every potting soil or manure bag I used. I also store my open potting soil in a metal trash can next to my potting bench, not hanging from a nail in my storage shed. My regularly used open fertilizer is in a recycled plastic bucket and covered by a plastic lid, as is any bird seed I use. I can usually carry a heavy bag of potting soil in a wheel barrow to where I'll be using it. If not, I'd scoop the soil into a handled bucket and carry that. But then I use more bagged garden supplies than most. I guess what I'm saying is that eight bucks I paid could probably have been better spent. Then again, maybe if I'd been a little more careful when lifting heavy objects like potting soil, and bags of damp manure, I wouldn't have an injured rotator cuff on my right shoulder. (2010) |
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