Patent ID: 6892823

Claim:
A planting tool, comprising: an elongated shaft having an upper end and a lower end; a handlebar secured to the upper end of said shaft, said handlebar being normal to and bisected by said shaft; and a hollow triangular body defining an earth separating member, said triangular body including: a rectangular base plate having a width and including first and second ends and opposite sides, said base plate being attached to and bisected by the lower end of said shaft; two rectangular side plates of equal length and having a width equal to the width of said base plate, each of said side plates having a top end depending from each of the first and second ends of said base plate and a bottom end joined at an apex to form a triangular configuration along peripheral edges of said base plate and said side plates; and two triangular face plates, each of said face plates being dimensioned and configured to correspond to the triangular configuration formed by said base plate and said side plates, each of said face plates being perpendicularly attached to said base plate and said side plates along the peripheral edges; whereby, the planting tool may be grasped by the handlebar and the earth separating member driven into a planting medium in order to define a V-shaped planting hole for receiving an annual plug.