Six inches is fine for most carrots, stubby ones are usually packed soil or too much nitrogen.

Paper budgets work for me because I actually see the money leaving. An app just quietly moves numbers around and I forget it happened. My sister uses a spreadsheet and swears by it, but I need the pen and the little envelope system. Something about writing it down makes my brain take it seriously.

Four hours instead of seven is worth way more than $250 over a year, so dont second guess it lol. Renting only works if you can plan every job around it, and you know how that goes when a customer calls last minute. Keep the one you got and let your knees enjoy the break.