The Walden Effect: Farming, simple living, permaculture, and invention.

Ice scraper shoe attachment?

ice on a walk way and the best way to scrape it


A thick layer of ice on our new walk way was no match for the wimpy snow shovel.

This coal shovel broke it up nicely, but turned out to be more work than chopping wood.

Maybe someone should make a hand ice scraper that snugs up on the toe of your boot? That way you could kick away at the ice with leg muscles instead of straining the back.



Anna Hess's books
Want more in-depth information? Browse through our books.

Or explore more posts by date or by subject.

About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed, or simply check the box beside "email replies to me" while writing your comment.


RSS
use ashes or dirt!!
Hey--I jsut want to say that, to make a walkable path over ice, I've used ashes when I had them (or clinkers, which you might not have, but we did, when we burned coal), or now, dirt (from the basement). These are good grippers. In a pinch, I guess you could throw down straw or even wood chips, or, maybe leaves...?
Comment by adrianne — Fri Jan 25 16:48:59 2013
Safety on ice
Mom --- That's a great idea! Plenty of ashes to go around.... I'll bet the dark color would also prompt the ice to melt faster.
Comment by anna — Fri Jan 25 17:39:28 2013
Add a comment





profile counter myspace



Powered by Branchable Wiki Hosting.

Required disclosures:

As an Amazon Associate, I earn a few pennies every time you buy something using one of my affiliate links. Don't worry, though --- I only recommend products I thoroughly stand behind!

Also, this site has Google ads on it. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to a website. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to various sites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting this site.