Installing Straw Blankets with a Sod Staple Driver

There aren’t many jobs I hate as much as installing these straw blankets.
Don’t get me wrong they work great- especially on a slope.
When you get down to the end of the roll- they’re just a pain to install.
The netting sticks to itself and it turns into a tangled-up mess.
Now I had the new guy helping me, but I think his mind must have been somewhere else because he wasn’t doing a whole lot.
We use these 6” round sod staples so it doesn’t blow away.
Sometimes you can just stick these in the ground and step on them- but our ground is so hard I have to use a hammer.
Until I found the best tool ever, a sod staple driver, it’s basically just a stick with a magnet on the end.
Funny story I was putting some of these in with a hammer out by the road and one of my friends that’s a landscaper saw me and pulled over.
He said- “I’ve got the perfect tool for that, you need to come borrow it.”
So, I did and this thing is a lifesaver.
Now all I need is some rain. @hausplans

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