[bigsprouts]

if i chop anual weeds off with a hoe will that kill them off or do i need to remove the roots?

[DD.]

A hoe usually does then, but if not, you'll get 'em next time!

[pushrod]

best time to hoe is at the start of a bright sunny day - then if you've only severely injured them the sun will finish them off  

[compostqueen]

I reckon it's a good job for a sunny day. Bit of mindless weeding is quite de-stressing I think.

I think a good hoe is needed though so it shears em off easily  

[woodburner]

I reckon it's a good job for a sunny day. Bit of mindless weeding is quite de-stressing I think.

I think a good hoe is needed though so it shears em off easily  

Keep your whetstone handy.

[compostqueen]

I've got a swoe and I don't think it's meant to be sharpened. It doesn't look as if it's meant to be.  Not sure though

I don't have a whetstone. I rub the edges of the tools with a piece of sandpaper.  Will that do  

[woodburner]

I've got a swoe and I don't think it's meant to be sharpened. It doesn't look as if it's meant to be.  Not sure though

I don't have a whetstone. I rub the edges of the tools with a piece of sandpaper.  Will that do  

Jog my memory, please. What's a swoe?

[Bombers]

I've got a swoe and I don't think it's meant to be sharpened. It doesn't look as if it's meant to be.  Not sure though

I don't have a whetstone. I rub the edges of the tools with a piece of sandpaper.  Will that do  

Jog my memory, please. What's a swoe?

Bent hoe

[woodburner]

I've got a swoe and I don't think it's meant to be sharpened. It doesn't look as if it's meant to be.  Not sure though

I don't have a whetstone. I rub the edges of the tools with a piece of sandpaper.  Will that do  

Jog my memory, please. What's a swoe?

Bent hoe

Didn't ring any bells after all  :oops: so i googled it. Looks like it can be sharpened to me.
Personally I prefer a dutch hoe, doesn't dig in like the others do, so you don't have to keep lifting it.

Digging up old memories here but I think emery paper is better as it's harder stuff, next after diamonds I think. A steel would be easier to use though, and easier to find than a whetstone like mine.  :o

(It's almost cylindrical but tapered towards each end from about an 1 1/4" in the middle to about 3/4" at the ends, and I'm blowed if I can find anything remotely like it on the net, nor have I seen one in the shops anywhere  :? ) I'd better not lose it!!!

[shaun]

ive got a little 3 tined hand cultivater its brilliant for weeding  

[woodburner]

ive got a little 3 tined hand cultivater its brilliant for weeding  

That was my favourite until I got the hoe. It's too fiddly to sharpen though and doesn't seperate the top from the roots like the dutch hoe does :twisted: It's still good for preparing beds for sowing, I prefer it to a rake as a rake tends to accumulate all the stones and similar sized lumps of earth at the surface.

[shaun]

its a long handled one and its great between your onions,sometimes with an hoe you can do damage  

[DD.]

ive got a little 3 tined hand cultivater its brilliant for weeding  

I've got Mrs. DD. That's quite useful also.

And for weeding.