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    By hand or hoe?

    Now that all my babies (well, okay, SOME of my babies) are showing themselves on the lottie, so are trillions of ikkle weeds. I've been weeding by hand so as not to disturb the newly sprung veg, but as the season goes on, this is going to get very difficult/tedious, given the number of beds x the number of weeds x the rate of growth and etc etc ...

    So, what do you do?? Do you hoe around the vegs, and if so how do you avoid chopping them off in their prime (which I'm very worried Ill do ) ??
    Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance
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    Hand - couch [Kowtch] grass and deep rooted stuff like dandilions.

    Hoe - pretty much everything else.

    We use a Swoe; rather than a hoe - as it can get in around seedlings without causing too much bother.

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    • #3
      For me, it depends on the weather - hoeing is a bit pointless when it's about to rain or the soil is very moist as the weeds just re-root themselves & carry on! Hoeing when it's dry & breezy is best. Oh, and I have a Swoe too - you can use just the tip of it in small spaces.

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      • #4
        Mixture of both for me too. I was hand weeding between the oinion seedlings a couple of weeks ago though, and something really sharp stuck in my finger - bladdy hurt it did.

        I also use the rake to disturb the ground around areas of weeds, seems to work too.
        A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

        BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

        Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.

        What would Vedder do?

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        • #5
          Hoe. Tempted to get a three pronged cultivator and see how taht works.
          http://plot62.blogspot.com/

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Matt. View Post
            Hoe. Tempted to get a three pronged cultivator and see how taht works.
            Make sure you get a good one, I managed to dislodge the welding so mine spins round as soon as you putt pressure on it, and I end up dragging the sides of the prongs along the ground, that or it does a 360 and the prongs end up skyward.

            If that makes sense?
            A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

            BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

            Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.

            What would Vedder do?

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            • #7
              Whats a swoe?
              Tammy x x x x
              Fine and Dandy but busy as always

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              Stay at home Mum (and proud of it) to Bluebelle(8), Bashfull Bill(6) and twincesses Pea & Pod (2)!!!!

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              • #8
                The only thing i use is a swan neck draw hoe a 2 inch 5 inch or a 8 inch can't use any thing else other a 5 tined fork with the tine's bent over at right angle to the shaft which is a pitchfork stale thats me though but i am self confessed old fashioned jacob
                What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
                Ralph Waide Emmerson

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Finedon.Dandy View Post
                  Whats a swoe?
                  A Swoe is a Wilkinson Sword hoe! A bit like a dutch hoe with a leg missing!
                  Its useful for hoeing around veg as it is double sided and even the end is sharpened.
                  Good on normal soil but is a bit of a bugger on claysoil!
                  My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                  to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                  Diversify & prosper


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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Matt. View Post
                    Hoe. Tempted to get a three pronged cultivator and see how taht works.
                    I've got a small hand held one, and it's brilliant. Loosens the soil and the weeds.

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                    • #11
                      This is a Swoe; Buy W/SWORD S/STEEL SWOE 601470W, Garden Hoes from Tool-Up UK

                      GoneGardening.com - Wilkinson Sword stainless steel swoe (601470W)
                      Last edited by SarzWix; 07-05-2008, 09:23 PM.

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                      • #12
                        I've got one of those, but it's not a swoe. It's an old golf club I attacked with an angle grinder.
                        http://norm-foodforthought.blogspot.com/

                        If it ain't broke, don't fix it and if you ain't going to eat it, don't kill it

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Norm View Post
                          I've got one of those, but it's not a swoe. It's an old golf club I attacked with an angle grinder.
                          So its a STICK????

                          PS If you still have the rest of the set they are handy as net supports for your brassicas if pushed into the ground!
                          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                          Diversify & prosper


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                          • #14
                            Haha, I like that idea Snadger - not sure OH would approve though! And I didnt know what a swoe was either so thank you all for the info!!
                            Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                              If you still have the rest of the set they are handy as net supports for your brassicas if pushed into the ground!
                              I bought 2 for a pound a piece. The guy at the charity shop said one was a sand wedge (That's the one I ground the edges down to make the swoe) and the other was a No 6 Iron, which I converted into a stick and welded a sickle blade to it. Wasn't it Sam Clemens who referred to golf as "A good walk spoiled"? I tend to agree
                              http://norm-foodforthought.blogspot.com/

                              If it ain't broke, don't fix it and if you ain't going to eat it, don't kill it

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