Spring is here in East Tennessee and that means I am getting Down and Dirty in my flower beds with my Weeding Wonder Tool. I don’t know about you, but I find weeding much easier and more effective sitting down. And I will tell you a secret, I don’t mind getting dirty. I kinda like it!
Remember when I was Falling For Spring? Well, I didn’t get quite done with all my plans for weed prevention and the leaves didn’t get raked up and some projects were started and abandoned. I didn’t get half of the things on my exterior “to do” list done.
So here we have it, leaves all over and that weed. The green ground cover looking thing is the weed that could survive a nuclear bomb. I kid you not! I watched it all winter. It thrived like it was mid summer even when it was completely frozen during the ice storm. It just thawed right out and kept going. It is all in my flower beds and all in my yard!
So here I sit down and dirty among the daffodils digging up weeds with my Weeding Wonder Tool. Which is actually just a plain ole pry bar.
Look at this, I just ran it under this little patch of indestructible weed and served it up like a pancake. It really helps reduce the amount of weed root that is left behind.
Oh and it is not enough that this weed ( I really wish I knew the proper name) loves to cover the entire flower bed, it’s favorite place to grow is right up close and in the daffodils. The curved end of the pry bar gets right in there and digs it out!
This tool is just great in the garden. It can also be used to cultivate the soil which gets compacted during the winter. This is much easier that standing bent over with a digging tool. Much easier as long as you don’t mind getting Down and Dirty…
I sure don’t mind! It was so nice taking a break from the Staircase project and getting outside in the sun and dirt and of course visiting my little happy daffodils.
Now, I gotta go get a load of mulch…
If you have any weeding and weed prevention tips, please please share!
I just Read that covering the area with corn Meal gluten mixed into the soil 1/2 inch will suck the life out of any seeds!! I’m going to try doing it next year
I think I read that somewhere too Carrie. Where do you buy this?
Love your nifty weeding tool! Luckily our soil if fairly sandy so it’s fairly easy to pull weeds, especially after a recent rain. We did make the investment to put down thick landscaping fabric in our vegetable garden last year which make our lives so much easier!
Thanks Jane, yes that will be my next step for the garden. I love your raised beds! Maybe someday I will add some of those too!
I use a cheap dollar store 1″ putty knife to slice under the weeds. It’s like the straight end of your pry bar, but sharper and lighter. I just tip it up to come in beside the weed when it’s right up against a plant I don’t want to harm. Your pry bar would work better on the tougher roots and hard, dry soil though. I bet I could use the curved end to “hoe” right up next to my plants where I want to break up and fluff compacted soil for better water penetration.
Oh that’s a great idea! We’ll have to try the putty knife too!