What is Santa’s favorite garden tool?
hoe, hoe, hoe!
Types of Garden Hoe
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#12Interesting article. Among the Dutch Hoes I did not find the most common hoe used in the Netherlands, the 'Schoffel Betuws Model', which is somewhat like the heart hoe, but than with a straight blade.
I recently started weeding at the farming cooperative that I became a member of at the start of July [1]. There is a short instruction movie where you hear one of the farmers give some instruction on how to use the hoe [2]. She explains, in Dutch, that you have to make light movements, just below the surface of the soil.
I enjoy helping out on the farming cooperative. It are simple tasks, that still require some concentration, and with an immediate result. It often brings me into a meditating like state. I meditated a bit in the past, but felt that it often wore off shortly after stopping, but with this that seems less the case, probably because I have achieved something useful. I guess, this is one of the reasons why many people like gardening. I do not have a large garden and working at the farming cooperative often means you have to repeat the same kind of work for much longer than you could have done in my own garden.
[1] https://www.iwriteiam.nl/D2306.html#18
[2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/197736829@N05/52960240223/in/a...
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#13There's a set of hoes now manufactured by Wolf Garten, that are light and sturdy, offering all the types that homesteader needs, including this beast which once you discover you are not going back:
https://wolfgarten.us/collections/interlocken/products/wolf-...
I recommend the wooden handle, have had mine for the past 17 years. Not affiliated in any way, just a huge fan based on experience with these tools in small scale organic farming and homesteading.
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#14I wish I hadn’t been this old when I discovered why the normal draw hoe available everywhere doesn’t work well. A lot of my life spent slamming that thing into the ground. Need to find myself one of those digging hoes now.
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#16One hoe to rule them all. https://youtu.be/woHNgHkbWzA Great for weeding. You will never go back to anything else. I promise. You will also save some $ or £ or €.
That guy likes working with rubber tubing.
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#18> Beware of claims of "Self-Sharpening" - rubbing a tool around in the dirt never sharpens it.
Words of wisdom, right there.
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#19If you can get an old or broken disk from a farmer and have the ability ( or find someone who does) to cut and weld it, man can you make a good hoe. It will outlast several generations of your family. I found the best Hoe to be kind of like a field Hoe but the size of a small pizza slice, about 6 inches at the cutting edge and about 5 inches to the shaft insert.
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#20In a book I recently read “The House by the Cerulean Sea” it was through a shared love of obscure garden hoes that bridged a mundane community with ostracized magical youth. Lovely book.