Favorite gardening tool?

The Best Hoe ever made----Love mine(have several--extra for company--LOL)

Agree (+++), nothing beats a stirrup hoe. It's like 'sweeping' your garden once a day with a hoe.

I used a winged weeder for many years, but the stirrup hoe beats it hands down. With winged weeder, I seemed to get too close to my plants and usually cut them down. I seem to have better control with the stirrup hoe.

My winged weeder was my #1 until I got the stirrup hoe

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Stirrup hoe gets my vote. Works great in the florida sand.

One more for the stirrup/scuffle/action hoe.

My hose to water with esp. in this extreme drought.

My riding lawn mower.

I use a wheel "cultivator" which is very similar to a wheel hoe as far as practical use. Love that rascal too. I can weed the garden in a tenth the time it would take with a regular hoe.

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Straw. Or maybe Sawdust.

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My imitation mantis tiller...that my husband broke and cant fix.

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Real is Beautiful -Sherry in Maine

I am 47

Mine too! and the kids of course. Both are the best creations that God gave me!

My neighbors. I don't have to grow produce. I find it in bags on my porch.

Ken, that's cheating.

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My hori-hori is my absolute favorite. I can't resist prying with my tools and the little spades just don't hold up, but I can't seem to break this. Second is a small triangle hoe that belonged to DH's father. It's got a rickety old handle that's held on by one bent nail, but it's ok because it just slides through the weeds like they're butter.

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My planet jr old iron hand plow. love it love it love it

My broadfork.

I don't own a tiller, and the soil here is pretty clay-y and hard to break up for planting.
I also think it's pretty handy for levering potato plants loose in the fall.

My pitch fork, works great for covering the weeds with mulch, and my soil is getting to the point were I can turn it with the fork as well (without destroying it)!

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