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Recommend Dutch Hoe

Sarah 30Sarah 30 Posts: 16
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Hello, Can anyone please recommend a good sharp and good quality Dutch hoe please? Thank you image
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  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    I'm still using my father's - approx. 70 years old (the hoe, that is).

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  • archiepemarchiepem Posts: 1,155

    There are a lot of choices . Cheap to ouch. Still got my dads . Cried when I found it in his shed when we cleared  his house. Use to wake up to him hoeing early summer mornings .image

  • Sarah 30Sarah 30 Posts: 16
    Thanks everyone. I remember the gardening god ( Monty ), said that you need a sharp hoe. I have seen a few second had ones that were blunt so I was put off. Should it be made or steel or iron? Or does it not really matter? Many thanks
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,142

    All you need to know here http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/sandg_tools_care1.shtml

    Hope that helps image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Sarah 30Sarah 30 Posts: 16
    Great, thanks Dovefromabove.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,142

    Ah, found the one I was looking for ... more info here http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/video-projects/how-to-hoe-effectively/157.html

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    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    I don't get on with a Dutch hoe but I do like my double balded push-me-pull-you hoe head in the Wolf range.    We have two of the 6" wide and one of the 4" so both of us can play and they attach to a range of available handle lengths so can be used kneeling for close work or standing for clearing a larger area or veg bed.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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    Plato
  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    Absolutely.  The Wolf push-me-pull-you hoe is the best tool I've ever used, and worth the price.

    Sarah - it's not difficult to sharpen a hoe with a file and/or a stone.  Keep the stone in your back pocket so you can hone the edge after each few minutes' hoeing - it really does make a difference.  Knife on a stick.

  • UnknownUnknown

    I totally agree with obelixx:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/WOLF-Garten-RFM-Multi-Change-Push-Pull-Weeder/dp/B0001FP0AY

     

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