Whether it be for the appearance of a beautifully manicured flower bed, or the health of a weedless garden, choosing a hoe that minimizes work, back stress, and time can be a challenge.
Many people make more work of hoeing than is necessary.
Although, the hoe is one of the most primitive of all tillage tools, it can be designed and used more effectively now. The first problem with contemporary hoeing is that too often hoes are used for deep cultivation or chopping, rather than the scrapping action they are designed for. Let's not mistake a hoe for a shovel. Using a hoe in place of another tool accounts for sore muscles. We need a sharp cutting apparatus designed to slice weeds at their life-giving stems, not to dig them up.