I'd just call them regressives

I've honestly never had a problem with grain direction, but I've also had pretty good luck being able to select good boards to avoid wonky grain when I need to use the plow. Having both handed versions would certainly be a luxury, but I definitely don't think it is necessary, personally

Between the two, I would get their combo plane personally. I won a plow plane in a raffle and I've used it a fair amount, but wish I could do more with it. I can't really justify having that and the combo, so I'm sticking with it for now. Maybe some day I'll sell it and just get the combo personally too

From what I read, it'll be slightly smaller than something like a Ford explorer. I wouldn't say that's small, but definitely going in the right direction.

Thanks, and good to know! I'm honestly waiting for the spring to build some boxes (that I should just build this fall). I should just prep the area and get started now :/

I'm way behind on starting my gardening journey, but I plan on starting in the spring myself, and I'll give this a shot too

Reading through the main page for it, it seems more like a smart journal. You'd enter your crops, and enter info about water/treatment information, and it'll send notifications as reminders to do tasks, but it doesn't determine water and care schedules for you, that's something the user sets up (from what I understand at least).

I don't know if this was to point out that a file is iron and that can sharpen stuff, but I'd like to point out that files are generally made from a tool steel alloy that is formulated to be quite a bit harder than iron/standard steels after it gets properly heat treated. Files aren't just "iron" and there's a lot of different steels that do different things.

Yeah I think that's a fair concern. But if you're just doing some sizing on it with soft woods and softer hardwoods, it should be fine. Personally I'd try to go with the DeWalt anyway if budget allows. It's a solid saw, and gives you some room to grow, and had a track record of being reliable

Probably late, but it greatly depends on how much you'll use it, and what you'll use it for. If you'll use it for some simple crosscuts a few times a year, sure it'll be fine. All the time for nice joinery? Id try to get a more well known and tried one

If they're fairly short, you could make a v block jig and drive it with a drill, and use a chisel on the side you want to round over. There's a vid/gif I saw recently of a gentleman doing it to make the dowels themselves after knocking the corners down with a hand plane