Joe Dupre'
Omono
I've just about caught up on collecting and repotting so I thought I'd share what I use to scout and collect trees. The backpack is a really nice leather jobbie my wife didn't use anymore. I cut off all the frilly bits and put a real rope closure on it. Folding saw, old pair of pruners, homemade hori hori knife and gloves are the main items. I also carry flagging tape, a few paper towels, several feet of cord and 3 or 4 plastic grocery bags for the trees. And I never walk in the woods without my white oak walking stick. It does a multitude of things: helps with balance in muddy conditions, clears spider webs and poison ivy away, pokes around tree bases to see root structure and dispatches the odd snake or two. I even have a line drawn on it at an inch below my boot tops to test the swamp water for depth.