This tool has only a steel shaft and claw, with the remainder being plastic construction—keeping it lightweight. The handle is sort of a walking cane shape, so the weeder can be held in one hand.

Either way, the first thing you’ll need to do is to break up the soil surface with a garden fork and remove as many of the smaller fibrous roots as you can. The next step is to improve the ...

If tools and gloves are nearby instead of buried ... Yank ’em when soil is slightly moist and soft, and pesky plants are ...