Great Tools for Your Garden Weeding Workout
One thing that has done very well this year is the weeds. Crab grass, native skunk cabbage, and goldenrod are on my top enemies list. What is a weed? By definition, weeds are anything growing somewhere you don’t want them to grow. They can be prize roses or prize vegetables, but if you don’t want them there, they’re weeds. I used to choose my weeding tools based upon the task at hand. Now I find myself choosing tools by the “what part of my body will ache the least tomorrow morning” school of thought. One can also use a variety of tools to exercise many muscles and make sure that the entire body aches the next morning. My favorite weeding tool is called a Mattock. It’s a medium-sized digging tool with a flat blade set at right angles to the handle. One side of the blade is flat and sharpened like a hoe. The other side is a set of two or three prongs that can get below any clump of weeds. My current model is a very lightweight one I purchased at an army/navy store and has served