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Types of Garden Hoe
- slater 3y ago[flagged]
- jmspring 3y agoIt's interesting, the "draw hoe" I recall versions of that being referred to as a "hula hoe" when I was a kid. These day when I ak about it, I get looked at like a martian. Here is a reference to it [https://minnetonkaorchards.com/hula-hoe/ https://minnetonkaorchards.com/hula-hoe/]
- eru 3y agoI remember those kinds of implements from gardening work I did as a kid and teenager for my grandfather.
- camel_gopher 3y agoOutstanding article
- gadders 3y agoThe author is clearly outstanding in his field.
- CrzyLngPwd 3y agoOMG!
- LightBug1 3y agoBadam tskkkkk
- Maxion 3y agoI recently discovered the Korean Homi. This is an excellent shape for a garden tool. I can highly recommend! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homi_(tool) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homi_(tool)
- actionfromafar 3y agohttps://youtu.be/aSFcFvterT8 https://youtu.be/aSFcFvterT8 There’s also this kind
- KaiserPro 3y agoI know the author is not a fan of Dutch hoes, but I really like them. They have the advantage that you can put your full weight on them, pushing through the bastard roots of the bastard roots. The pull stroke is there to clear the detritus out of the way. I haven not had much luck with oscillating/double action hoes. I suspect thats because the soils I've been using have a shit ton of stones and the weeds have longarsed tap roots.
- BJxdr 3y agoOne hoe to rule them all. https://youtu.be/woHNgHkbWzA https://youtu.be/woHNgHkbWzA Great for weeding. You will never go back to anything else. I promise. You will also save some $ or £ or €.
- UberFly 3y agoThat guy likes working with rubber tubing.
- stock_toaster 3y agoWhat is Santa’s favorite garden tool? hoe, hoe, hoe!
- fjfaase 3y agoInteresting 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 https://www.iwriteiam.nl/D2306.html#18 [2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/197736829@N05/52960240223/in/album-72177720308908142/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/197736829@N05/52960240223/in/a...
- vanous 3y agoThere'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-garten-crumbler 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.
- KineticLensman 3y agoAlso been using Wolf tools for 20 years - I really love the way that you can have multiple tool heads shared between 2-3 handles: significantly saves space in my garden shed. The handles are propped up in one corner and the heads are all on individual nails high on a wall, such that I can store other stuff beneath them. If the heads were permanently attached to their handles, I'd have lost a whole wall to the tools. The interchange mechanism is very robust - I've only had one fail in all that time, and the handle is still actually usable (the little red press button came off but the underlying locking mechanism is still functional). They also sell short handles that mean that you can use the tool heads while crouched down close to the ground, something that is virtually impossible with a conventional long handle.
- Mistletoe 3y agoI 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.
- pcl 3y ago> Beware of claims of "Self-Sharpening" - rubbing a tool around in the dirt never sharpens it. Words of wisdom, right there.
- ChumpGPT 3y agoIf 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.
- pixl97 3y agoIn general the metal part of the hoe will only wear out in the constant use/multi generational use. Most of time the problem is the interface between the head and the handle that causes the most issues.
- nerdponx 3y agoThis seems to be a common problem for tools that use a metal head and a wooden handle. Hammers, trowels, shovels, etc.
- pixl97 3y agoIt's a materials trade off. You could make a metal handled hoe, but it would be heavy for the users, and it would transfer the impact vibrations up to the user making it uncomfortable to use. Instead things like wood and fiberglass are used that are lighter, but it does come with the weaker interface.
- reilly3000 3y agoIn 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.
- jonstewart 3y agoWhat’s called the “potato fork” in this article is what my family calls a “cultivator.”
- gumby 3y agoSuch a perfect HN submission. I'm pretty uninterested in gardening and yet love the implications and insight of seeing this kind of specialized knowledge, both the article and commentary.
- gumby 3y agoStrange that someone would downvote this. Do you think HN should only have articles about computer-related topics? I doubt I would have even encountered this article, much less ever thought about the kinds of garden issues that lead to different kinds of hoe design, without HN. It’s always fun to see the depth of culture behind a hat might seem to be a trivial topic on the surface.
- justnotworthit 3y agoI was looking for something like this. Thanks. For digging, in the hardest dirt I use a mattock/adze style tool (adze on one end, pick on the other). In more reasonable dirt a "grub hoe", and finally a flat shovel in the softest of stuff. For moving dirt, a big scooping shovel (think snow scooping); the "american standard" hoe is for shaping dirt on the ground (a rake for dirt).