I guess you might call her an influencer but I just call it “The Mary Affect” in my circle. Mary is my youngest sister. This doesn’t mean she’s a youngster – just my youngest sister.  She shares lots of what she loves— from face care, to nutrition, to books, yard tools, types of paint—you name it—she shares it. The affect is how many people she has ultimately influenced to try and/or buy the things she says she can’t live without. I often agree.

The two biggest things for me—are yard tools. I bought them and then shared enthusiastically. Then my brother bought them— then my neighbor, then her sister and so on. Whisper-down-the-lane.  Bam! Everyone in my circle has these tools. At my age, yardwork would be way more difficult without them.—so here they are—the Cobrahead weeder and the Gorilla Cart.

The pictures will show how used they are. The Gorilla cart even dumps with the pull of the yellow handle. I ditched my wheelbarrow long ago and I use the cart to haul bags of mulch and other heavy things I need to move. My neighbor used it for her huge pile of fire wood. Mary? Ten trucks full of pea gravel, sand and shell for her yard in Florida. Mary is a glutton for punishment it seems and a real workhorse. I’ll never be able to compete.

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The Cobrahead weeder is the only tool we (my neighbor and I) use to weed. We also use it to pull up rocks and pavers. I’m not easy on it but I can’t seem to hurt it either.

If you want these workhorse tools in your life, you can buy the cart almost anywhere but I only found the Cobrahead on Amazon.  I’m not advocating for Amazon although I buy a lot from them.

What’s next Mary?

Alice