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Idea: Li'l Weedie

 
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Just had an idea (not saying it's a good idea... you be the judge).

So we all know bending over to weed is a pain (literally).

Which is why ingenious people have come up with moving weeders where you do your thing while electric motors move you along, like:
https://hackaday.com/2019/10/15/solar-powered-weeding-tractor-uses-manual-labour/
https://www.greenlaunches.com/transport/farm-lying-down-with-the-solar-powered-wunda-weeder.php

But, while cool, they're all quite large, steel, and compaction-ey.

On the small scale, you have the little ole lady down the street thing, just little wheeled seat she can sit on and tend the petunias (or whatever).

Well, I was wondering... why not combine the two?

Take a cheap little wheelie cart (preferably one with a sealed compartment... and small enough to fit between garden rows.)
(randomly found on amazon)

And jam in some motors/battery off an old electric skateboard.

Viola!  Small, compact, and you don't have to get up to move.
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Put the moon back where you found it! We need it for tides and poetry and stuff. Like this tiny ad:
List of Rocket Mass Heater Builders
https://permies.com/wiki/122347/List-Rocket-Mass-Heater-Builders
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