Catherine Love~ Ramblings from my Heart and Home

My All-Time Favorite Garden Tool

is the Stirrup Hoe!  I just love mine . 

Weeding  is by no means my favorite gardening activity .....that would be planting, which leads inevitably to more of my less favorite....weeding! 

When I picked up my trusty stirrup hoe at a garage sale for less than $1.00 , I had no idea what a bargain I was getting!  New ones cost somewhere around $30.00, I think.   But, if I couldn't find a great deal on a used stirrup hoe, I would gladly pay for a new one!  

It is simply amazing how this tool allows me  to zip through weeding the garden in a snap.  No bending, squatting, back-breaking pulling necessary.  Just pull the hoe lighly through the soil and it cultivates up all those freshly germinated weeds and they are gone gone .  Our garden is small this year, just about 15' X 30' .  I weeded the entire garden (except for the spot where I seeded some greens) in less than half an hour! 

If you love gardening, but not the weeding ; try a stirrup hoe, you'll be glad you did!

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12:15 PM, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 .. Posted by HandsNHearts

I have 3 stirrup hoes here and not a single 'regular' hoe. I'd give up just about any tool we have here aside from those hoes. They are wonderful!

Deanna

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1:25 PM, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 .. Posted by CatherineAnn

I'm with you, Deanna! I would hate to even think about using a traditional hoe to weed my garden after discovering the stirrup hoe :) . Almost seems "too" easy LOL!
Blessings,
Catherine :)