Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Barbara Damrosch, The Washington Post It’s not often that a simple garden tool becomes a cult favorite, but such is the case for the wheel hoe. It’s ...

It’s not often that a simple garden tool becomes a cult favorite, but such is the case for the wheel hoe. It’s easily the most time-saving, back-sparing tool in my shed, as it deals with the most ...

Discover the essential gardening tools for running a small-scale farm, including walk-behind tractors, European hand tools, and the modern wheel hoe. Imagine you finally have some land and you’re ...

It's not often that a simple garden tool becomes a cult favorite, but such is the case for the wheel hoe. It's easily the most time-saving, back-sparing tool in my shed, as it deals with the most ...

While plenty of modern gardening tools can help prepare your garden for planting, you shouldn’t overlook the value of traditional tools. The garden hoe dates back to ancient Egypt, but it’s still ...

Are you looking for a tool that can help you create mounds of soil or rows in the dirt for planting seeds? Or are you primarily concerned about saving your back from pulling weeds by hand? Perhaps you ...

Clara Coleman, the author’s step-daughter, uses a wheel hoe to dislodge weeds in the author’s blueberry bed. The tool can be traced to a seed drill invented by agricultural engineer Jethro Tull in ...