Does your city have a tool lending library?

And if not why not?

For many of us there's a time in our lives when we didn't give a fig about a rototiller or a chainsaw. Before I had access to my own garden, my brain only processed my local tool lending library peripherally.

But when you want a $30-$300 piece of equipment for a day or three and don't want to pay $30-$300, the local tool lending library is just what you need. Some of these locations have more useful equipment than others. In Orem, Utah, for example, they lend out earplugs. Gross! But the great thing about libraries is they often respond to community needs so maybe with some pestering, Orem can get a chainsaw or something else a little more useful than orange vests.

States with tool lending libraries (See more details):

California
Georgia
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Washington

Axe pictured below courtesy of Oakland Public Library