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Post by puddlejumper007 on Apr 28, 2015 13:43:17 GMT
i am getting ready to buy a new garden hoe, what kind of hoe does the best for you...?
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Post by 1shotwade on Apr 28, 2015 14:08:12 GMT
I don't know about new but everyone looks for a "goose neck" hoe at auctions etc. The head is a one piece so much less trouble.
Wade
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 15:54:19 GMT
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Post by Callie on Apr 28, 2015 17:50:48 GMT
I don't like regular hoes. They remind me of work. I like a winged weeder or one of those 4-tined cultivators.
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Post by claytonpiano on Apr 28, 2015 19:11:26 GMT
My favorite hoe ever....http://earthtoolsbcs.com/html/garden_tools.html I have the Double Chopper and the Chopper/Root Cutter. For a regular hoe, the box stores just don't have the type that is curved so that you can hoe without having to bend over. After years of gardening, a good hoe is worth a lot of money to me. I can hoe for hours with the Double Chopper because it is so light weight and cuts so well. The angle is perfect.
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Post by Nette on Apr 28, 2015 20:17:58 GMT
A grubbin' hoe. A lady's grubbin' hoe, to be exact--a little lighter than the regular ones. (Grubbin' hoe = mattock, outside NC).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 20:50:46 GMT
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on Apr 28, 2015 21:42:21 GMT
Like Callie, I like a winged weeder and/or a stirrup hoe. With these, I can spend 15-20 minutes a day 'sweeping' my 35'x70' garden and be free of weeds.
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Post by daylilydude on Apr 28, 2015 22:09:11 GMT
I love my "Warren" hoe, the triangle headed hoe, as I can get in real close and can just use the point of it to scratch a weed out... and it makes a great furrowing tool.
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Post by seaeagle on Apr 29, 2015 4:07:41 GMT
Haven't touch a hoe,since I bought a long handle cultivator at Walmart about 5 years ago.Another vote for the 4-tined cultivator
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Post by grillbilly on Apr 29, 2015 6:24:25 GMT
Second that vote for the stirrup hoe. I have been informed though, that unless the weeds are pulled out by the roots, I am wasting my time. DW finds pulling them oddly theraputic (sp), so I just stay out of the way. I've long believed that there's a pot of gold at the end of the quack grass root the way she goes after them. And there IS only one root, if she could only trace it back to the mother plant!
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Post by Weed on Apr 29, 2015 9:48:18 GMT
Another fan of the stirrup hoe, I spot one @ each end of the garden. I've had good success keeping weed free by whacking them early at the two leaf stage. The small young roots tend to give up/die off much easier... Like Mullers Lane Farm, I'm a steady sweeper
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Post by feather on May 1, 2015 18:18:22 GMT
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