Old School Weeding with a Knife
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My grandma did this my whole growing up.
She always had a couple of knives in her yard apron and she would pluck up sand spurs and garden weeds or even edge a driveway with her old hickory!
I found that a serrated steak knife works well for this. The serrations keep a cutting edge longer despite scraping rocks and dirt. I did this too for a while until I upgraded to a greens knife, more ergonomic.
Great option without going out to buy some expensive tool for just weeding.I like being close to the plants so I can see myself using this.
I hope your back heals up. Everything is hard when your back hurts.
You bet!
What a great idea!! I found a knife in a bail of hay ( also a snow shovel blade)
I love your simple low tech solutions. I have a long (maybe 12 inches) pokey weeder. It was left by the previous owners when we bought our first house more than 30 years ago and it was old then. It's great for getting at the roots of grasses and dandelions.
I gardened for over fifty years before I got my hands on a hori hori knife. Now I don’t even go off my porch without it. I’m pretty sure if you tried one, you’d feel the same. I use the stainless steel one made by AM Leonard. I chose that one for a number of reasons but the highly visible orange handle was a big one. It’s so much more than a knife.
I had one - but I found it's too big to be practical for most situations where I need a knife
I use a hoe and chop at the weeds but it requires going back a few times as they will sometimes regrow. Once the plants are big enough I don’t worry about the weeds so much and they they will give shade to the soil during the hotter summer days. Saves me having to mulch which is a problem in our windy area.
I got a gardening knife a couple years ago for christmas i really like it. Its rather large though and weighs like 2 lbs (the hilt is really heavy and the blade. But it works well.
Great idea! I'll try this next time I am weeding. Thanks!
i love my hori hori for weeding usually. Doesn't cutting dandelions just cause them to regrow more heads?
I thing pulling off the buds will have that effect. Cutting the root beneath the crown probably will not kill it - but it shouldn't encourage multiple heads. Also - remember - I'm planting potatoes there and that whole area will have 6" of leaf mulch. The dandelions will not be able to push up through that - so they will die
I use a long bread knife. Works really good.
I’m jealous of your peas! Mine just don’t want to germinate. Old seed?
I guess average viability of peas is about 3 yrs:
yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/article/1999/4-2-1999/veggielife.html
So it's either that or they got infected and died
Lol...that is my task this morning...weeding my leek beds and then mulching with grass clippings!
Then I have to harvest garlic scapes, cut lettuce, thin some onions and pick strawberries!
I am going to give the knife idea a spin this morning, I keep several knives in my garden shed that will be suitable!
Thanks Greg for another great tip!
Cheers
Mike
Thanks man
Im going to try this. I love my knives. Do you worry about pests using the weeds? Thanks for the videos RE being a 50+ yo gardner, more on gardening while you age. (and not being discouraged) I submitted to using a milkcrate to sit on occasionally when kneeling increases pain.
Thanks that's a good idea. Re pests - i'm not sure what you mean about "using the weeds". If you mean eat them - I don't mind that at all - they make their tiny manure that feeds my plants.