The Gardener's Hollow Leg holds as much as a 5-gallon bucket.
We all know someone with a hollow leg. Like my brother. When we were kids he was, to use another cliche, a bean pole. But, boy, could he pack away the food. I was – and still am – extremely jealous. In college, hollow legs were all booze. That's all I'm going to say about that.
Now there's a third hollow leg, and it's actually real. The Gardener's Hollow Leg holds, as you might guess, garden prunings. I saw it first at last February's Yard, Garden & Patio Show. I passed by the booth several times without stopping. I was skeptical that the collapsible tube could hold enough of anything to make it worthwhile. But the booth was so crowded, I decided I was obligated to join the fray and talk to owner and designer Bob Blomberg.
Bob is such a nice man, I felt like I had to at least try his product, which he developed 20 years ago, but didn't start manufacturing until he retired recently. I bought one and took it home. It sat in the garage until I started pulling out the bluebells this spring. Wearing anything around my waist while I'm gardening drives me crazy, but that's the idea behind the Gardener's Hollow Leg. So I strapped it on and went to work. Turns out, it wasn't irritating. In fact, I realized my stubborn refusal to use any waist-binding accessory had worked against me for years. Imagine that.
I now use the Hollow Leg for weeding. Also for deadheading, although I don't have many plants that need to be deadheaded. My doubts about how much the bag would hold disappeared pretty fast. At 2-feet long with a 10-inch diameter, the bag holds as much as a 5-gallon bucket. Bob filled it with 25 pounds of oranges once. I can weed for an amazingly long time without having to walk to the yard-debris container or the truck. In fact, I'm pretty sure it saves me time. Not that I've timed myself. But with the bag I've used for years – you know, those square, green, foldable ones made out of some sort of plasticky fabric – I tend to throw weeds in its general direction. Then I have to go back and scoop everything up, which means an extra step. Or, I wait until it's so full that stuff falls out as I carry it. If this happens on the sidewalk, there's another step involved: sweeping.
So, you can see the benefit of a bag attached to your side. It's hard to miss the opening because it's got this patented ring to keep it from collapsing, and you don't have to bend down to pick it up. Plus, here's something I really like: The bag is neat and contained. Once you stuff something inside, it stays put. Speaking of stuffing, weeds and small garden debris are not the only thing the Gardener's Hollow Leg holds. People tell Bob they use it for picking fruit, nuts, mushrooms. One guy bought one for harvesting coffee beans.
"Another guy said he could sort apples on the ladder, good ones in one, bad ones in another," Bob says. "He was practically in tears of delight."
Yet another said he poked holes in the bottom of the bag and uses it to harvest clams and oysters. I'm thinking I could use it to carry chocolate. Too bad I don't have one of those food-disappearing hollow legs.
Deal will bring innovative garden tool to a wider market
The Gardener's Hollow Leg, the handy "hands-free" debris holder, is now available from Commerce Corporation. The gardening and outdoor living specialty company is the first distributor for the brand.
The Gardener’s Hollow Leg is a water-proof fabric sack with a patent-pending ring opening at the top. It is made of 100-percent post-consumer recycled polyester. It comes with an adjustable belt attached that expands from 30 to 52 inches.
With the Gardener’s Hollow Leg, there is no need to drag around a bulky bucket or other debris holder. The 23-inch deep bag is compact and comfortable to wear. With a clipper holster slipped onto the belt, the gardener’s hands are always free to engage in other tasks.
The bag features a 10-inch diameter opening and can hold more than 5 gallons. It’s a great time saver, eliminating the extra step of picking up piles of clippings or weeds. It is excellent for fruit or vegetable harvesting because weight is ergonomically located on hips and legs, not on the neck, shoulders or back and both hands are available to hold onto the ladder. Buyers have found many other uses such as mushroom or oyster hunting, and clamming, to name a few. Great for cleaning gutters, too.
Commerce Corporation Signs On as First Distributor of Gardener's Hollow Leg
Leading distributor brings this innovative garden tool to a wider market
Berkeley, California. (Spring, 2010) – The Gardener's Hollow Leg, the handy "hands-free" debris holder is now available from Commerce Corporation. The gardening and outdoor living specialty company is the first distributor for the brand.
The Gardener’s Hollow Leg is a water-proof fabric sack with a patent-pending, ring opening at the top; it is made of 100% post-consumer recycled polyester. It comes with an adjustable belt attached that expands from 30 to 52 inches. With the Gardener’s Hollow Leg, there is no need to drag around a bulky bucket or other debris holder. The 23-inch deep bag is compact and comfortable to wear. With a clipper holster slipped onto the belt, the gardener’s hands are always free to engage in other tasks. The bag features a 10-inch diameter opening and can hold more than five gallons. It’s a great time saver, eliminating the extra step of picking up piles of clippings or weeds. It is excellent for fruit or vegetable harvesting because weight is ergonomically located on hips and legs, not on the neck, shoulders or back and both hands are available to hold onto the ladder. Buyers have found many other uses such as mushroom or oyster hunting, and clamming, to name a few. Great for cleaning gutters, too.
The Gardener’s Hollow Leg has a suggested retail price of $29.95. For more information log on to: TheGardenersHollowLeg.com
The Gardener’s Hollow Leg Gardener’s Hollow Leg is the perfect partner for pruning, weeding and harvesting. This 23-in. hands-free fabric sack is attached to an adjustable belt. It features a 10-in. diameter opening that can hold more than 5 gal., and a pocket for storing a cell phone or other necessities.
Gardener’s Hollow Leg frees up hands Device makes it easier to prune, weed or harvest.
February 27, 2010
The Gardener's Hollow Leg has a clever purpose: to free up your hands while you prune, weed or harvest. Whatever you clip can be dropped into the fabric sack slung to your waist. Designed by Bob Blomberg of Berkeley, the sack is nearly 2 feet deep and attaches to an adjustable belt. Strap it on, clip away and fill the Hollow Leg with up to 5 gallons of twigs, stems and spent blooms before making a trip to the compost bin.
"I hated the last-minute chores of cleaning up piles that I left around the yard," Blomberg says. "I realized that if I could have both my hands free to cut away just one more dead branch, it would be a great solution."
The Gardener's Hollow Leg is made from post-consumer recycled polyester, and it's packaged in compostable, recyclable material. Blomberg sells the sack for $24.95 through specialty garden centers and his website, thegardenershollowleg.com.
"Since we hit the market, gardeners are sharing many additional uses," he says. "We've found it's great for harvesting fruit, and perfect for everything from mushroom hunting to cleaning out gutters."
Debra Prinzing
The Gardener's Hollow Leg is made from post-consumer recycled polyester. (January 5, 2010)
Cool new garden stuff for us: ‘My Friends the Flowers,” Gardener’s Hollow Leg, Pamela Crawford from Life – from TBO.com Blogs
Posted Feb 27, 2010 by Penny L. Carnathan
That’s just one of the goodies I got last week. How could I have forgotten that, as spring approaches, the garden-manufacturing companies get as itchy as the gardeners?
They send out new books and products hoping newspaper, magazine and blog writers will give them some publicity. I try them out and if I don’t like them, I don’t write anything. But if I like it, I share.
I did try Gardener’s Hollow Leg, which is so new, the patent’s still pending. This is a bag and belt you strap on while weeding and pruning, so you don’t have more work when you think you’re all done.
I know a certain someone who leaves droppings of weeds and dead things all around her garden for her husband to clean up later. That’s very nice for her, but it doesn’t work at my house. My husband will pump up the wheelbarrow tire and clean out the pond pump, but my garden debris is my problem.
The Hollow Leg sounded like a good solution. And it is.
It has a ring on top that keeps the bag open for dropping stuff in. It didn’t really get in the way as I maneuvered around, but then again, it’s pretty easy to maneuver through my “garden” these days.
It’s $24.95, plus shipping, at http://www.thegardenershollowleg.com; significantly less the more you buy. The website has no retailer locations yet.
I spotted this on the Los Angeles Times blog, LAatHome, a clipping bag you wear on your belt with the funny name, The Gardener’s Hollow Leg. Hmmm….but like the concept especially for us chronic deadheaders.
Bob Blomberg got the idea for his pruning sack after years of gardening and says it works for harvesting fruits and veggies, too. He even designed a pocket for your cell phone or iPod. And it comes with an adjustable belt that will accommodate your tool pouch. Perhaps a bit better than lugging around a five gallon bucket?
The Gardener’s Hollow Leg has a clever purpose: to free up your hands while you prune, weed or harvest. Whatever you clip can be dropped into the fabric sack slung to your waist.
Designed by Bob Blomberg, a Berkeley-based gardener, the 10-inch diameter by 23-inch deep sack is attached to an adjustable belt. Strap it on, clip away and fill the Hollow Leg with up to 5 gallons of twigs, stems and spent blooms before making a trip to the compost bin.
Blomberg grew up in a Sacramento farming family and later earned a doctorate in public health. He created his own Hollow Leg more than 15 years ago, but decided to wait until he retired before marketing it to a wider audience.
“I hated the last-minute chores of cleaning up piles that I left around the yard,” Blomberg says. “I realized that if I could have both my hands free to cut away just one more dead branch, it would be a great solution.”
Blomberg unveiled Gardener’s Hollow Leg last fall at the San Francisco Green Festival, and he now sells the sack online and through specialty garden centers for $24.95.
“Since we hit the market, gardeners are sharing many additional uses,” Blomberg says. “We’ve found it’s great for harvesting fruit, and perfect for everything from mushroom hunting to cleaning out gutters.”
The Gardener’s Hollow Leg is made from certified post-consumer recycled polyester and packaged in compostable, recyclable packaging.
The perfect partner for pruning, weeding and harvesting
Berkeley, California. (Spring, 2010) – The Gardener’s Hollow Leg® makes yard and garden clean up tasks easier! This handy “hands-free” debris holder is a must have for all pruning, weeding and harvesting tasks.
The Gardener’s Hollow leg is a fabric sack that is attached to an adjustable belt. The sack has a (patent pending) ring opening at the top for easy loading. With the Gardener’s Hollow Leg, there is no need to drag around a bulky bucket or other debris container. The 23-inch deep bag is compact and comfortable to wear. It features a 10-inch diameter opening and can hold more than five gallons. It’s a great time saver, eliminating the extra step of picking up piles of clippings or weeds.
Simply strap on The Gardener’s Hollow Leg and you’re ready to get the job done. The Gardener’s Hollow Leg can be worn on either the right or left side. A strap handle on the bottom of the sack makes it easy to empty. The bag even features a handy pocket, great for storing your cell phone, iPod or other necessities.
“We designed the Gardener’s Hollow Leg to help with our personal pruning tasks,” says creator Bob Blomberg. “Since the product has hit the market, gardeners are sharing many additional uses. We’ve found it’s great for harvesting fruit, and perfect for everything from mushroom hunting to cleaning out gutters. People are also telling us it makes a great environmental clean-up tool for removing debris from parks, beaches or other community areas.”
The Gardener’s Hollow Leg has a suggested retail price of $24.95. Look for it at select garden retailers or online at TheGardenersHollowLeg.com.
The Gardener's Hollow Leg holds as much as a 5-gallon bucket.
ch 15, 2010
Berkeley, California. (Spring, 2010) – The Gardener’s Hollow Leg® makes yard and garden clean up tasks easier! This handy “hands-free” debris holder is a must have for all pruning, weeding and harvesting tasks.