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Re: Weeds, Weeds, Weeds

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As far as had weeding tools are concerned, for surface work I like the
Chinese Weeding Hoe offered in the Lee Valley catalog for 2.95$ Cdn.  It is
light and works beautifully.

A hand weeder that interests me is the Winged Wonder Junior; but it costs
way more and frankly the Chinese tool seems to me to have greater precision
(only one blade to watch out for) as well as a nicer price tag...

Gardena makes a scuffle type hoe attachment that you could fit on their
shorter handles, and there is always the Cape Cod Weeder if you want
something North American (although IMHO the Chinese tool is superior because
of its lighter weight, and you can make it double as a light sickle; it
looks exactly like a kama, which is an Asian sickle also know through its
martial arts use....as is the Asian flail, aka numchuks...

Frank---has prolly seen one too many Bruce Lee movies, but is feared by his
weeds---those that don't get smothered in mulch, must face Frank in his
Green Dragon mode...:-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis&Ludene Smits <balke@netnet.net>
To: William McKay <bmckay55@hotmail.com>; sqft@listbot.com
<sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: Weeds, Weeds, Weeds


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>If I could have only one weeding tool this hoe would be it.  The best weed
>wacker ever invented.  I do wish they would make it as a hand tool as I
like to
>work with my face in the dirt <g>  Deany, zone 4/WI
>
>William McKay wrote:
>
>> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>>
>> Go to the garden supply store or Home Depot or its clone and buy a
stirrup
>> hoe.  They cost @ $15 for an inexpensive one and are 3-5 inches wide.
>> Wonderful tool;  cuts weeds both on the push & pull.  Run it about 1/2
inch
>> to 1 inch below the surface when the weeds are about1/2-1 inch high.
They
>> will be back again in a few weeks.  Do it again.  By then your plants
will
>> be fairly good sized and will shade out further weed growth.  Pick by
hand
>> the few you can not get with the hoe.
>>
>> > >
>> > >I confess to being a complete novice so please bear with my dumb
>> >question.
>> > >
>> > >I planted some stuff and it is doing nicely.  Then just a couple days
ago
>> > >many, many, hundreds of tiny weeds raised their ugly heads.  They are
>> >flat
>> > >little things and have four or five leaves each.  I used my trowel and
>> >dug
>> > >them up and sort of smoothed the dirt back over.  Will they reroot or
do
>> >I
>> > >have to pick each and everyone out?  This would be a bit difficult as
>> >they
>> > >are so tiny.
>> > >
>> > >To keep them from returning, I gather it would be wise to use some
kind
>> >of
>> > >ground cover?  I really don't want to use plastic sheeting as my
little
>> > >garden is in
>> > >front of my house and this would be pretty ugly.  How about wood
chips?
>> > >Will they keep weeds down?  Anything else?
>> > >
>> > >Thank you for your patience.
>> > >
>> > >
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