Best new garden tool

[Jayb]

I finally decided to buy an onion hoe, WOW its brilliant, I can't believe how I've been managing all this time without one. Its sooooo handy and not just around the onion set. Well worth it and wish I had bought one years ago ;D

[Jayb]

[ACE]

Give us a picture, never heard of a dedicated onion hoe. But it still sounds very useful.

[jimtheworzel]

jayb
is it the one with the 3 sided head

[grawrc]

Maybe you know it as a swan-necked hoe?

[Unwashed]

With a short (15") handle?

[Flighty]

Like this?

http://www.suttons.co.uk/Shop/Gardening+Equipment/Garden+Tools/Garden+Hand+Tools/Onion+Hoe+558613.htm

They are available with long handles as well!

[Jayb]

Sorry if I've not explained very well, these are what I mean;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Solus-Garden-and-Leisure-Ltd/dp/B00163XQNS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1256921105&sr=8-1

http://www.fredshed.co.uk/specialdeals.htm

I have to admit to now having both of these and I love them equally ;D

[thifasmom]

have wanted one of these short handled hoes for quite some time, just haven't gotten round to buying one, maybe i should whisper in santa's ear.

[lavenderlux]

I have an onion hoe and I agree its a great tool.  Much easier to use when hand weeding than a trowel or handfork, especially on the clay soil on my plot.

[cornykev]

I'm also asking Santa for one, but looking at them there seem to be three completely different types,  ??? :-\ which one is the best for the job.   :-\      ;D ;D ;D

[Froglegs]

Go for a bog standard one,the one I've got cost me a fiver from Melton Mowbray market.And as Jayb as said you wonder how you managed with out it.

[thifasmom]

Go for a bog standard one,the one I've got cost me a fiver from Melton Mowbray market.And as Jayb as said you wonder how you managed with out it.

a fiver you say, hey my future secret santa are you reading this ;)

[reddyreddy]

a fiver you say, hey my future secret santa are you reading this ;)
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i think we'd all like that for a fiver!!

[artichoke]

In a euro shop in Germany, for ONE euro, I got a short handled onion hoe with three sharp prongs facing the other way, and the combination is lethal to weeds. I expected it to fall apart, but I have used it for about three years almost daily. It is very satisfying to gouge and prong and stab and scrape with the one tool.

[busy_lizzie]

This looks great. How have I never seen one before I wonder? Think this will also be on my Christmas List. Thanks JB,  :) busy_lizzie

[Obelixx]

I have a variety of hoe and cultivator heads from Wolf with a selection of short, medium and long handles so I can use them on my knees, bending or standing up.  I have one of those double headed dooberries with 3 prongs one way and a smooth, sharp edge the other and love that for close work but the double bladed push-me-pull-you head with the wavy edge is my favourite for decapitating weeds with the long handle. 

Best bought in the sales or early spring when they have special offers.