Build A Whizbang Garden Cart And You’re Eligible to Win One of Four Gift Certificates to a Seed Company Catalog
Grand Prize: $100 gift certificate to Pinetree Garden Seeds (or another seed catalog of your choosing)
Second Prize: $50 gift certificate to Pinetree Garden Seeds (or another seed catalog of your choosing)
Third Prize $25 gift certificate to Pinetree Garden Seeds (or another seed catalog of your choosing)
Fourth Prize: $25 gift certificate to Pinetree Garden Seeds (or another seed catalog of your choosing)
Note: Pinetree Garden Seeds is currently the only seed company catalog that sells the Whizbang Garden Cart plan-book.
Here’s How to Enter The Contest
1. Build your own Whizbang Garden Cart using the plans found in the book, Anyone Can Build a Whizbang Garden Cart
2. Take a picture of your finished cart. The picture must show the cart in a natural setting (for example, a garden), and there must be at least one person in the picture.
3. Do one of the following:
a) Send the picture of your cart, along with your name and address , by postal mail to: Whizbang Books, P.O. Box 1117, Moravia, NY 13118
b) Post the picture of your cart, along with a short explanation about it to your blog, web site, or another internet location with its own linkable internet web address. Then e-mail the location to: whizbangbooks@bci.net The link must be viewable until at least the end of 2008.
Contest Deadline
All entries for the 2008 contest must be received by December 1st of 2008.
Here’s How Winners Will Be Chosen
Everyone who enters the contest will have their name written on a slip of paper and put into a box. On December 31st of 2008, Prize winners will be picked at random as follows:
The Grand Prize and Second Prize winners will be picked from a box containing the names of people who posted their cart picture with an explanation about it to the internet.
Then, the remaining names in that box will be added to the box of names from people who sent their photo through the mail. From these two combined groups, the Third Place and Fourth Place winners will be picked.
Announcing The Winners
Winners of the 2008 Whizbang Garden Cart Contest will be publicly announced on January first of 2009 at this blog and at The Deliberate Agrarian.
If you mail in your entry, you will receive notice of contest winners by mail in January of 2009. Winners will receive their prizes in January of 2009 (in plenty of time to order seeds, plants, or whatever you want for the 2009 planting season).
Other Important Details
<>Those who enter this contest by posting an internet photo and commentary will be listed (with a link to their photo) at this blog.
<>Any photos and comments received by mail may be used by Whizbang Books for marketing purposes.
<>This cart contest, and the picking of all winners, will be conducted in a fair and honest manner. However, there will be no second or third party verification of the process. In other words, if you enter the contest, you must trust us to do it fairly.
<>Whizbang Books reserves the right to substitute similar prizes of equal value for the prizes listed above.
<>Only one entry per person or family is allowed.
<>Entrants who do not win a prize in the 2008 Garden Cart contest may re-enter next year’s contest.
<>Any questions about this contest and the rules should be directed to Whizbang Books. (whizbangbooks@bci.net). Whizbang Books reserves the right to modify these contest rules to further clarify them if needed.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Announcing the 2007 Whizbang Garden Cart Winners
Well here it is January first of 2008 and it's time to announce the winners of the 2007 Whizbang Garden Cart Contest for 2007. I announced the contest HERE back in May.
There was only one entry before the deadline on December 1, 2007. Don & Caleb Underwood, a father and son team from Nebraska, built a Whizbang and entered it in the contest. You can read all about it HERE.
So Don & Caleb have not only made the first Whizbang Garden Cart, they win the First prize of a $100 gift certificate to Johnny's Seeds. I asked Don if he would rather have the gift certificate from another seed company. He requested Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. So Baker Creek it is!
Don & Caleb... I received notice from Baker Creek yesterday that your gift certificate has been sent. You should get it in the next day or so. Congratulations and here's wishing you a great year of gardening with your Whizbang Garden Cart!
Oh, one more thing Don, congratulations to you and Gina on your 13th wedding anniversary.
Hey everyone else......
Stay tuned for details about the 2008 Whizbang Garden Cart Contest. I'll be posting them here in the next few days.
Here's wishing you all a great year in 2008.
Herrick Kimball
There was only one entry before the deadline on December 1, 2007. Don & Caleb Underwood, a father and son team from Nebraska, built a Whizbang and entered it in the contest. You can read all about it HERE.
So Don & Caleb have not only made the first Whizbang Garden Cart, they win the First prize of a $100 gift certificate to Johnny's Seeds. I asked Don if he would rather have the gift certificate from another seed company. He requested Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. So Baker Creek it is!
Don & Caleb... I received notice from Baker Creek yesterday that your gift certificate has been sent. You should get it in the next day or so. Congratulations and here's wishing you a great year of gardening with your Whizbang Garden Cart!
Oh, one more thing Don, congratulations to you and Gina on your 13th wedding anniversary.
Hey everyone else......
Stay tuned for details about the 2008 Whizbang Garden Cart Contest. I'll be posting them here in the next few days.
Here's wishing you all a great year in 2008.
Herrick Kimball
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
2007 Cart Contest Online Entries
1. History has been made........
Don & Caleb Underwood in Arizona have built the FIRST (that I'm aware of) Whizbang Garden Cart! Don has written about and posted pictures of the cart at his blog. Here's a link: The Underwood's Whizbang Garden Cart.
Don & Caleb are now officially entered in the 2007 Whizbang Garden Cart Contest
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2. Who's next?
Don & Caleb Underwood in Arizona have built the FIRST (that I'm aware of) Whizbang Garden Cart! Don has written about and posted pictures of the cart at his blog. Here's a link: The Underwood's Whizbang Garden Cart.
Don & Caleb are now officially entered in the 2007 Whizbang Garden Cart Contest
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2. Who's next?
Sunday, June 3, 2007
The Whizbang Garden Cart Poultry Brooder
We recently bought a dozen day-old turkey chicks. I set up a simple temporary brooder for them inside my workshop using one of my Whizbang Garden Carts. The picture above pretty much tells the story (note the curious chicken that has come into the shop).
I layered some plastic in the bottom of the cart, dumped in some wood shavings, rigged up a heat lamp, added some food and water, and the chicks were safe and comfortable. Such a brooder is only good for a week or so before the birds start jumping out. But it was an easy way to get them off to a good start.
This next picture shows the plywood board I made to block off the open end of the cart. The plywood is notched to fit around the handles. A piece of pine board screwed to each end serves as a place to put a spring clamp and hold the board in place. Then a couple of spring clamps at the bottom, over the handle, hold the bottom in place. Since the cart is in my shop, there was no need to put a protective wire top over the cart, but that could have been done easily enough.
So, as you can see, the Whizbang Garden Cart isn’t just a hauler. You can even use it to get your poultry flock off to a good start.
To learn more about the homemade Whizbang Garden Cart and find out how you can get plans to build your own cart CLICK HERE
The Whizbang Garden Cart Portable Work Table
If you drive by my house, and look carefully, you will notice that two sides are nicely sided with cedar shakes. But part of the back and one side has tar paper on it. That’s the way it is when you build your house yourself, and you aren’t flush with money, and you have an aversion to borrowing. Which brings me to the following picture:
That’s a view that you won’t see driving by the front. Not pretty. But give me time. It’ll all come together in time. I plan to put a patio of paver brick off the back door. And maybe even a pergola over the patio. With grape vines growing over it. And, of course, I’ll finish the cedar siding.
Last week, however, I took time off from work to do other things on the house that needed doing. Specifically, I needed to remodel a bedroom upstairs. My three boys have been in the bedroom for 16 years. Marlene and I had the other bedroom in our house. We decided to switch bedrooms. They get ours (because it is bigger) and we get theirs. As you might imagine, after 16 years of boys living in the bedroom, it was in rough shape. I had to patch the drywall, skim coat the walls & ceiling, replace the window, put in a new door, put in all new trim, do some rewiring, paint, and wallpaper.
It was a lot of work but it is done now and Marlene couldn’t be more pleased. I did it all for her. After all, I sure didn’t need a new bedroom. I could sleep in a sleeping bag on an old mattress on the floor and be satisfied with that. But women aren’t like that. They like a real pretty bedroom. So that’s what we got.
Well, anyway, the picture shows how I made a handy work surface for my chop saw and portable table saw, and assorted tools. I simply laid a partial sheet of plywood over the top of my Whizbang cart. The work surface is about 30” high which is perfectly suited to a work surface.
I put the plywood on at my workshop, loaded the tools on the work surface and inside the cart, then wheeled it all to where I wanted it. When I was done with work every night, I threw a plastic tarp over the whole thing and secured it with spring clamps on to the plywood. When the project was all done, I wheeled it back to my shop and unloaded everything.
So there you have an inexpensive, low-tech, and highly effective portavle work surface! And there you have an exceptionally handy cart!
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To learn more about the homemade Whizbang Garden Cart and find out how you can get plans to build your own cart CLICK HERE
That’s a view that you won’t see driving by the front. Not pretty. But give me time. It’ll all come together in time. I plan to put a patio of paver brick off the back door. And maybe even a pergola over the patio. With grape vines growing over it. And, of course, I’ll finish the cedar siding.
Last week, however, I took time off from work to do other things on the house that needed doing. Specifically, I needed to remodel a bedroom upstairs. My three boys have been in the bedroom for 16 years. Marlene and I had the other bedroom in our house. We decided to switch bedrooms. They get ours (because it is bigger) and we get theirs. As you might imagine, after 16 years of boys living in the bedroom, it was in rough shape. I had to patch the drywall, skim coat the walls & ceiling, replace the window, put in a new door, put in all new trim, do some rewiring, paint, and wallpaper.
It was a lot of work but it is done now and Marlene couldn’t be more pleased. I did it all for her. After all, I sure didn’t need a new bedroom. I could sleep in a sleeping bag on an old mattress on the floor and be satisfied with that. But women aren’t like that. They like a real pretty bedroom. So that’s what we got.
Well, anyway, the picture shows how I made a handy work surface for my chop saw and portable table saw, and assorted tools. I simply laid a partial sheet of plywood over the top of my Whizbang cart. The work surface is about 30” high which is perfectly suited to a work surface.
I put the plywood on at my workshop, loaded the tools on the work surface and inside the cart, then wheeled it all to where I wanted it. When I was done with work every night, I threw a plastic tarp over the whole thing and secured it with spring clamps on to the plywood. When the project was all done, I wheeled it back to my shop and unloaded everything.
So there you have an inexpensive, low-tech, and highly effective portavle work surface! And there you have an exceptionally handy cart!
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To learn more about the homemade Whizbang Garden Cart and find out how you can get plans to build your own cart CLICK HERE
Sunday, May 27, 2007
How Long Does it Take to Build a Whizbang Garden Cart?
Life is busy. Most all of us have a lot going on, especially if we are active in the garden or on a homestead. That means, if you need a garden cart, you probably don't have time to make your own. That's what you might be thinking to yourself as you consider this project. But, listen to me here.... you really should take the time for this little project. Let me tell you why:
First, the garden cart you make, using my step-by-step plans, is going to be a whole lot better cart than you can buy. It is stronger and tougher and more versatile. I have posted several stories to this blog illustrating these qualities. And I'll have a lot more stories to post in the weeks ahead.
Second, you should build this cart because you're going to be very pleased with yourself after you are finished. I say that at the risk of sounding trite or hokey because it's just plain true. Modern men (and women) rarely build things with their own hands and skills anymore. It's a whole lot easier to simply purchase all of our needs and wants, already prepared for us, from some place that specializes in fulfilling our needs and wants. But something important is lost when we do that. We loose the pleasure of creating with our own hands. We loose that quality of life that comes with creating for ourselves.
Third, your example is going to inspire others. When your friends and relatives see your homemade Whizbang Garden Cart, they are going to admire it and ask about it. You're going to tell them you made it yourself, and this will absolutely amaze them because nobody makes their own garden cart. As they take a closer look at your cart, one of two things will enter their mind. They will either see how simple the cart design is and begin to think that maybe they could actually build such a cart themselves, or they are going to think that maybe you can make them a cart too. This is where you tell them about my Whizbang Garden Cart plan book. You can even loan them your copy of the book (but I'd rather you encouraged them to buy their own copy from me). Whatever the case, you will have inspired your fellow man.
Fourth, and finally, you should build your own Whizbang Garden Cart because it is so doggone easy to do when you follow my plans, AND the project really won't take you all that long to complete.
If you have some basic woodworking tools and skills and experience, you can make the cart in a few hours. If it weren't for the need to wait for the polyurethane glue to dry before proceeding to different steps, I could personally build one of these garden carts in three hours. But, yes, I'm a master Whizbang Garden Cart Builder, so that's not a fair time to tell you.
So how about twice that--Six hours. Spread out over a few evenings, so the glue can have time to dry between steps. I think that amount of time will suffice for most folks.
Now, let me quickly add one caveat... if you are building the garden cart with a child or grandchild you don't want to rush it. Building a Whizbang Garden Cart is an excellent adult-child building project, and when that is the case, forget the time. Some things are just more important.
Oh, one more thing. We'll call it reason #5 for why you need to take time to build your own Whizbang Garden cart... It's a downright good value. You can build your own Whizbang Garden Cart for less than the cost of a factory-made cart, a cart that isn't nearly as solid and durable as the Whizbang.
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If you would like to learn more about the Whizbang Garden Cart and purchase a copy of the book, Anyone Can Build A Whizbang Garden Cart, CLICK HERE.
First, the garden cart you make, using my step-by-step plans, is going to be a whole lot better cart than you can buy. It is stronger and tougher and more versatile. I have posted several stories to this blog illustrating these qualities. And I'll have a lot more stories to post in the weeks ahead.
Second, you should build this cart because you're going to be very pleased with yourself after you are finished. I say that at the risk of sounding trite or hokey because it's just plain true. Modern men (and women) rarely build things with their own hands and skills anymore. It's a whole lot easier to simply purchase all of our needs and wants, already prepared for us, from some place that specializes in fulfilling our needs and wants. But something important is lost when we do that. We loose the pleasure of creating with our own hands. We loose that quality of life that comes with creating for ourselves.
Third, your example is going to inspire others. When your friends and relatives see your homemade Whizbang Garden Cart, they are going to admire it and ask about it. You're going to tell them you made it yourself, and this will absolutely amaze them because nobody makes their own garden cart. As they take a closer look at your cart, one of two things will enter their mind. They will either see how simple the cart design is and begin to think that maybe they could actually build such a cart themselves, or they are going to think that maybe you can make them a cart too. This is where you tell them about my Whizbang Garden Cart plan book. You can even loan them your copy of the book (but I'd rather you encouraged them to buy their own copy from me). Whatever the case, you will have inspired your fellow man.
Fourth, and finally, you should build your own Whizbang Garden Cart because it is so doggone easy to do when you follow my plans, AND the project really won't take you all that long to complete.
If you have some basic woodworking tools and skills and experience, you can make the cart in a few hours. If it weren't for the need to wait for the polyurethane glue to dry before proceeding to different steps, I could personally build one of these garden carts in three hours. But, yes, I'm a master Whizbang Garden Cart Builder, so that's not a fair time to tell you.
So how about twice that--Six hours. Spread out over a few evenings, so the glue can have time to dry between steps. I think that amount of time will suffice for most folks.
Now, let me quickly add one caveat... if you are building the garden cart with a child or grandchild you don't want to rush it. Building a Whizbang Garden Cart is an excellent adult-child building project, and when that is the case, forget the time. Some things are just more important.
Oh, one more thing. We'll call it reason #5 for why you need to take time to build your own Whizbang Garden cart... It's a downright good value. You can build your own Whizbang Garden Cart for less than the cost of a factory-made cart, a cart that isn't nearly as solid and durable as the Whizbang.
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If you would like to learn more about the Whizbang Garden Cart and purchase a copy of the book, Anyone Can Build A Whizbang Garden Cart, CLICK HERE.
What Are The Dimensions of The Whizbang Garden Cart?
My Whizbang Garden Cart is modeled after the old Garden Way Model #26, which is widely considered to be the best garden cart ever made. The Whizbang is, however, not an exact replica.
In the process of developing a cart that could be made by the average person with common woodworking tools and skills (instead of not-so-common metalworking tools & skills), and a cart that made efficient use of the fewest amount of materials, I needed to make some design modifications. But the Whizbang cart I came
up with maintains the three most endearing features of the old Model #26.Those features are a large carrying capacity, light weight, and great balance.
That said, many people who are interested in making their own Whizbang Garden Cart wonder what the cart’s actual dimensions are. Here are some of the critical measurements:
The total length of the cart, including the handle, is 69”
The total width of the cart, whcih means the distance from the end of the tire axle on one side to the end of the tire axle on the other side, is around 43-3/4”
The height of the cart from ground to the top of the plywood side is 28-3/4”
The inside-the-box height of the sides is 11-3/8"
The inside width of the plywood box (between both sides) is 33”
The length of the bottom of the cart, inside the box, is 48”
The length of the cart side panels is 43”
The clearance under the cart is 12-3/4”
I hope that helps those of you who are needing to know the dimensions of this cart.
To learn more about the cart and find out how you can order a copy
of my 45-page Whizbang Garden Cart construction manual, CLICK HERE
In the process of developing a cart that could be made by the average person with common woodworking tools and skills (instead of not-so-common metalworking tools & skills), and a cart that made efficient use of the fewest amount of materials, I needed to make some design modifications. But the Whizbang cart I came
up with maintains the three most endearing features of the old Model #26.Those features are a large carrying capacity, light weight, and great balance.
That said, many people who are interested in making their own Whizbang Garden Cart wonder what the cart’s actual dimensions are. Here are some of the critical measurements:
The total length of the cart, including the handle, is 69”
The total width of the cart, whcih means the distance from the end of the tire axle on one side to the end of the tire axle on the other side, is around 43-3/4”
The height of the cart from ground to the top of the plywood side is 28-3/4”
The inside-the-box height of the sides is 11-3/8"
The inside width of the plywood box (between both sides) is 33”
The length of the bottom of the cart, inside the box, is 48”
The length of the cart side panels is 43”
The clearance under the cart is 12-3/4”
I hope that helps those of you who are needing to know the dimensions of this cart.
To learn more about the cart and find out how you can order a copy
of my 45-page Whizbang Garden Cart construction manual, CLICK HERE
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