Paul's tips on choosing a hoe, that ground-breaking tool for breaking the ground. The hoe is a time-honored tool. Be it of chipped stone, animal bone, iron or hardened steel, some version of this ...

Are you looking for a tool that can help you create mounds of soil or rows in the dirt for planting seeds? Or are you primarily concerned about saving your back from pulling weeds by hand? Perhaps you ...

ASK any gardener worth their salt if they have their own particular favourites when it comes to garden tools, and the answer will almost always be a resounding yes. For some, the tool in question ...

Anthropologists often say that humankind went “from bow to hoe” when switching from hunting and gathering to growing food. Garden hoes were probably the first gardening tools, made from sticks, ...

The war on weeds starts early in the growing season for most gardening enthusiasts. Weeds seem to grow huge without any encouragement at all, while flowers and tomatoes seem to need perfect conditions ...