When weeding the garden, consider gloves for a better grip on your tools. Also, try taproot weeders, trowels and scoops, and a hoe. It is often hard to get a real grip on your gardening tools. I find this particularly so when it comes to weeding. For her birthday last fall, I gave my green- thumbed mother a pair of tool grip gloves .
Some weeds have shallow roots and are few enough that they can be pulled by hand.
Others, like the all too common dandelion, require a taproot weeder . Some weeding can be done with a pointed trowel or soil scoop . Hoes Hoes perform a variety of jobs in the garden such as furrowing, cultivating and weeding. Those that are useful for weeding include the standard garden hoe, weeding hoe, eye hoe and circle hoe. The flat front edge of a garden hoe cuts weeds at ground level and the corners act as small picks.