NO GIMMICKS! Garden Tool Comparison Simple ORGANIC WEED CONTROL BUILDS SOIL!
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We call the bent pitch fork a potato fork
Close to what I have always called it. Tater Digger.
He does not plant potatoes!!!!!!!!!!! One of the easiest veggies to grow!!!!!!!!!!!
We call it a grab fork where I live.
A real potato hook is similar, but different; the tines on the potato hook are slightly curved, and they are not sharp as they are on this tool--so they do not cut the potatoes when pulling them out of the soil. What he is calling a bent pitch fork is what I grew up hearing called a hoe fork, but some of my neighbors would call a rake hoe. In catalogs put out by companies in the hardware business it is called a cultivator. It works better for close cultivation than a hoe.
Love my 'Tater Rake..."from my cold dead hands".
i'm 11 years old and trying to start a garden, so this video is super helpful
Awesome! Keep up the good work!
Your 13 now how did you do?
You're so cool bud. I'm glad you're getting into gardening.
I want an update too! How’s it going?
Where we get this tools.give details
I'm 47 and have lived on a large farm in Indiana my entire life. We have had a large garden ever since I was a child but I have never seen a loop hoe. I ran out to Ace Hardware and bought one yesterday and it is freaking amazing. Super easy to use. I weeded my garden in 10 minutes last night and it typically takes 45 - 60 minutes. I cannot believe I had never heard or seen this awesome tool before. Thanks for the education and information. Keep of the good work.
The hoop hoe from Switzerland sold by Jonny’s selective seed from Maine is much better that the ones you can but at the hardware store!
You should also buy the replacement blade at the same time for the future!
I’ve never heard of one either! Im 32 and disabled but i love gardening. I started in 2020 but the hoe part i hate with a passion.. the grass has taken over my garden now. It’s not to late to start over and when i do, I’m going to make sure i have one of these.
@@deidregill4469 NEVER too late!
They are a gem of a gardener's arsenal. Some area's they're colloquially referred to as a stirrup hoe.
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I am 82 and went out and bought one after seeing it on u tube so easy to use even for an old man.
Been gardening a large garden for 50 years have every one of the tools in the video, but my most effective one is the loop hoe. I improved it by installing a longer handle on it that way I can hoe standing upright saving some back pain. If it gets dull just run a file over the edge and get to work.
Thanks for sharing
Much respect. More people should be encouraged to modify their tools. Maybe we need a video on that... 😉
People always tell me they "wish they were taller." I tell them "if I could give you my back pain too, I would."
Everyone should take care drying the steel of the loop hoe or any other garden tool so they don't rust and are a lot easier to use after.
Dude. You saved my back! I have never been so excited to weed at work! I asked my boss for a loop hoe and it worked like a charm! I didnt even mind working in 90*+ heat. I loved the hoe so much that I went and bought one for home. Thank you again!
And I cant wait to weed again tomorrow
Good video. Thanks a lot.
Good review to go along with the video! Now I've definitely got to get one of these!
That soil is looking fabulous! Not only will the mulch help with weed control and benefit the garden next year... It also helps maintain moisture in the soil on those hot dry days. Excellent video! Woooooo!!!
I bought one too and it made weeding fun! Thanks for the video.
Right on!
The Garden Weasel cultivator is very helpful when you want to plant grass seed in bare spots in your lawn
Mulch! Mulch! Mulch! I can not express this enough while living and gardening in Texas. Mulch not only helps replenish the soil, but in the heat/sun...it retains moisture. I've estimated that I retain moisture about 50% with my plants when I mulch. It also keeps the soil from hardpaning. So many benefits to mulching a garden - I even mulch my container plants.
Thank you also for the garden tools. I still have/use what my dad used and what his dad used. but loop hoe? never heard of this, but will need to get it! Thank you!!!!
Your tool collection looks like mine and I agree totally about the loop cultivator rating as top choice, and mulching. I use lots of composed leaves.
Since I've gained so much holistically -- built soil, controlled the weeds and pest insects, etc. -- my biggest problems now are the deer and rabbits destroy my garden as soon as the plants are lush.
What a wholesome video. I feel happier
Thanks for sharing ... I definitely will buy that Loop Hoe instead of weeding GIANT DANDELIONS any longer by hand taking weeks pulling them up one by one. Hopefully no more sore back and stiff knees.
Don't know how you farmers do it on a grand scale. My back and knees would be broken.
God bless you all
I bought a "loop hoe" over 30 years ago. I think at that time it was called a "hula hoe". They do last. I just came in from outside this morning clearing about a 50 foot by 4 foot border strip in about 20 minutes.
Your explanation of hoeing your gardening is how I grew up
Thank you for this video. I'd never seen a hoop hoe until this video. I bought one this morning and used it to prep for seeding a new lawn. It will take much more sweat but it beats laying out the cash for a machine rental. Again, thank you!
For my little raised garden beds I’m mulching with sifted compost. The compost comes from my compost heap that is full of compost worms. Sifting removes the leaves, sticks and other stuff that has not rotted down. It looks good and I plant right into it.
Cool
That's where the stage I'm hoping to get to next year! Best Wishes to you & your garden!
Soooo helpful! this is our first year with a big garden (about 1500 sq feet) so this was SUPER helpful! Cheers
Glad it was helpful!
I was today years old when I first heard of a loop hoe. I just ordered mine. Thank you! ♥
Hi....Thank you for showing your video homestead 🎥👍👍👍
Im just a kid and my garden has not done well sense I started because I did not know how to weed good and this video helps alot
The Hula Hoe (Hoop Hoe) is my favorite weeder. I went through one every year. The hoop wears out. Great exercise. Art
I always thought the triangle shaped hoe was for quickly digging a 3 or 4 inch trench for dropping seeds in. Then you go back with the side of the hoe and scrape the dirt back in to the trench. Then use the flat back to tamp down the dirt. It takes no time at all. Thanks for the video!
Multi purpose tool!
I inherited all those tools from an uncle. He gardened, I didn’t. What sense of humor, but I do now. I like the spade hoe for tough weeds, grass clumps that are difficult to cut with the stirrup hoe.
I haven't even watched the video yet and I'm thankful you made it!
What you are referring to as a loop hoe is a stirrup hoe. The stirrup hoe comes in 3 sizes, 3 and 1/4 inch, 5 inch, and 7 inch. There are other hoes available for those that don't use wood chip mulch. Hoss Tools sells a really good wheel hoe which is great for the aisles or pathways, and Conner Crickmore has wire weeders that he uses to cultivate the soil in the bed as he walks beside in the aisles.
Love you channel and I like the way you educate people on fundamental in a bright and positive way.
The loop/stirrup hoe is excellent. I've used it for years. If you are not too enthusiastic when you use it, you won't be bringing up dormant weed seeds either. It doesn't work as well when you have wood chips down. I also use a propane torch (carefully). It kills the weeds for quite some time. You don't need to French fry them, just a few bubbles on the leaves will do the trick.
For mulch or bark chips as I have, I first rake the chips away from the weed patches then use the hoe on the weeds, then rake the mulch back over the hoed area. Sometimes I skip the raking and use the hoe through the chips then spread them back with the hoe itself. Yes, a little more work but still not a lot of extra time.
Something else that works good, but you have to be careful with is boiling water. But, you have to be VERY careful around your plants with it, or it WILL kill them, too.
I let the weeds get bigger, pull them up and lay them on the mulch around the plants, adding to the mulch. They are feeding the plants, and I'm growing my mulch right there in the garden.
Cultivate, plant, mulch. Then, mulch plants with the weeds. This saves time, and uses weeds as a resource.
LOL I have every one of those tools in my shed! Every one of them is well used. And my back remembers (not fondly) all the bending over in the garden! However! I really enjoy watching YOU work in the garden!!
Thank you so much! I was driving myself crazy on how to get started!
I like everything you do on the farm. But I enjoy seeing you work the garden and mowing the most.
Great. Very Informative. Thank You for taking the time to make this
Thanks again great video
That loop hoe is absolutely the best. I use mine all the time and I have a really small one as well which is great for when you’re weeding small areas, especially if you’re sitting or squatting.
Simple and effective
Great basic true work,thanks alot for sharing garden life
Loop hoe is the easiest and quickest thing I’ve used to weed the garden. Except I’ve always knew it as a stirrup hoe. Great video as always.
Thanks for explaining about your wonderful tools
Thank you so much Josh I've only got a tiny veg patch here in the UK and the soil is not that great but have tons of weeds, with your advice and help I'm going to give it my best shot to improve the soil and hopefully a better crop of veggies. Just love the channel you provide and where you live is mind blowing so beautiful, once again thank you. Gary...... England 🇬🇧
My grandpa taught me to disturb the weeds (most of these methods are great0, then water and come back 6-10 days later.. gets the new sprouts from anything germinated and also those remaining root sprouts we didn't get in the first run. 11 days and you've capped pretty much everything. Also the chipped lines are a great method -- just needs a little farther-out planning. Good stuff, you guys.
Also, of note - this is a plastic free approach you're showing (unless they need to start year one with a little mulch and don't have a local nursery supply) -- all too rare to see videos showing good methods. Bonus for showing some more people that.
Thank you. I bought potting soil and did my garden.
That works! Catch it on sale!
Hi Dyana, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Edward, it would be nice getting to know you,if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends??
Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture😊.
Omg you just saved me tons of backbreaking work by suggesting that loop hoe weeder. Thank youuuuu!!!!
Very good information on weed control. I'm going to have to get me a loop hoe and a mulch pile. I get tired fighting weeds every year in my garden.
You can also use Nature's helper for mulch in the garden. It's a wonderful soil conditioner.
The pointed one is called a warren hoe. The garden weasel works in already tilled soil. But it really doesn’t work if there’s deeper rooted weeds.
Hey there Josh thanks for the educational video 2 things I learned by watching your channel here today thank you so very much josh
You forgot the WOOOO, Josh!😀...Awesome tips👍👍. Can't wait to have my own farm one day.✌
Hey Josh, the hula ho is the best! Well other than the weedeater 😬 i was on top the weed control until my small garden tractor engine blew.... 😂 got another engine, but waiting on parts.......
I like it man. Your like the Bob Ross of gardening.
My grandma would always lay newspapers down around the tomatoes and squash plants. Even sometimes the cantaloupe and water melons
I have totes of earth worms & night crawlers, over a million of them, I sell the soil aka black gold & give it away, I can grow a plant on the table with the soil with no sun, best thing to do is a compost bin with worms, they love egg shells. And the soil you get from them after cleaning is amazing.
In NH it’s known as a scuffle hoe. We have tons of rocks up here, and if you turn it upside down you can easily drag rocks with it into piles in your walkways. Then have the kids come along and pick up the piles.
I tend to use sawdust in my walkways, but I hear that bark mulch works best...
Thanks!
thank you
Excellent video! You have given me hope that I can handle the weeds in the veggie garden!
Great teaching VLOG, and informative, thanks
My pleasure!
Oh, my goodness!!!! You just gave me a good idea. Thank you.
That's a "Hula Hoe". I remember seeing the commercial in the 60's when I was a little kid. I think that's when it was invented. That's a nice one. Stout.
The loop hoe works best on lose dry soil in wet soil the edges retain dirt .
Need to get that tool thx. Great garden 👍👍👍
I bought 2 action hoes doing that them weed spray for gravel prep helped sooo much. Also they have wider action hoes too.
Had mulch dumped in my yard on time. The following year I send my son to the pile of mulch for the garden. I was about to go outside when I noticed him running toward the house with his hands waving in the air. Apparently some type of wasp nest was in there. Never got mulch from the tree trimmers again.
I call the loop hoe a stirrup hoe, but we're talking the same thing. It's definitely one of the best tools out there.
Good idea INDIA
I'm so sore from trying to hoe my dad's garden. His tiller got neglected when I moved out, in fact pretty much everything did. Hope this video kicks ass because I'm desperate for tomatoes this year lol
You have a neat title card, sir!
Nice to know gonna go get me a sack of that stuff. I just have a small garden beside my house in town 10 x12 tops, but I can raise the things I like in it. Love your videos. I'm a new subscriber. Just found you .
Welcome Susan!
Hi Susan, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Edward, it would be nice getting to know you,if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends??
Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture😊.
The tool you call pitchfork rake we always called it a tator digger. Used for digging up potato's and also good for digging worms to fish with.
Nice musical bed as usual, Josh. That really adds a nice touch to another great video.
prohoe/rogue makes a scuffle hoe (a variation of a loop/stirrup hoe) in different widths. I love it.
Josh you wasn't kidding about the loop hoe. I'm 57 and I had never seen one before. They are hard to find in the Chattanooga area, I went to 6 stores including 2 Lowes, Home Depot, Tractor Supply, before finding one at Ace Hardware. It was covered in dust. People aren't aware of what they are capable of doing. I came home to try it out and it was as good as you said. Thanks
Lol why didn’t you just use the Amazon link?
Thank you, I'm in Walmart right now
You're right Josh those loop hoes are awesome. Good video 👍
Thank you for this video!!
Thank you for sharing the video!! 🌱
Awesome!
Hi Rhonda.
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Thank you for super cool video I bought a house previous owner left all the garden tools, I always wondered what that last tool was for 🤣.
I appreciate the soft background music so we can hear you.
This was really helpful! I was considering buying one of those hand cultivators, but I think I'll go for the loop Hoe instead! Thanks!
Great video Josh! My garden is thriving this year, I really need to get the mulch in though for the soil!
Very good
Thank-you! Very helpful tool demo. I had been debating what kind to buy, & now I know.
Im gonna try planting crimson clover as my cover crop this winter
Beutifull work 👏
Good information
WOW!! I've never seen the loop Hoe before?! That is amazing!!! I have the standard hoe, the the mini tiller, 😢 I'll be damn, that's awesome!!!
check out the link in the video description...you can order one right off amazon and have it at your door in 2 days!
I love how you call that garden bed "out of control". You have a lot of baby weeds and none of that wicked runner grass in there. Our garden in July in North Carolina is a hot mess of 1-2 foot tall weeds and all kinds of runner grass (wire grass) that tangles around everything. I can't even chop our loop hoe into the mat of weeds we get. My go-to is the potato rake followed by a traditional hoe. Its just me and my wife doing all the work on our farm so we can't always get to the garden when the weeds are nice and easy to cultivate (did I mention I work a full-time off-farm corporate job). Thanks for demonstrating the different tools, but your viewers will need to be realistic and choose the right tool for their garden or weeding situation. One other option is a flame weeder which works well for sprouting weeds, but not so much for runner grass. I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to control those dang runner grasses.
I know this is a gardening video but I'm really interested in the old g-body in the background. I have a soft spot for them.
oh man...I wish I"d never sold those G bodies...had a 86 cutlass and an 87 Grand National
This is so helpful, thank you! Would your mulch strategy work for invasives? My main problem now is that I discovered I have an invasive in my back yard where I'd like there to be a border.
what "invasive"....there are a million "invasive" plants out there....kinda depends on the plant I guess....if it's blackberries...mulch will make them grow.....if it's grass...most likely it will help kill it back
I always used about 4 layers of newspaper around the plants and between the rows with grass, hay, or straw on the paper to keep it from flying. After a couple of rains or watering the flying paper is not much of a problem. By the end of the season the paper is almost decomposed. I never used the colored comics or ad sections or any of the slick paper stuff. The modern inks are water soluble. Since we took the paper it was a way to reuse the newspaper besides rolling it up for fire logs in the stove or fireplace.
Thanks! I have a few questions and comments. 1) We had to cut down some big cedar trees 2-3 yrs ago. We still have a pile of cedar chips. Some of it has been invaded by a bad weed -- "morning glory", or "bindweed". Some hasn't. Anyway, are 2-3 yr old cedar chips going to have a negative impact on young vegetables? 2) Related questions: can you specify what kinds of wood chips are good for this use? And how long to let them 'compost' before applying them? 3) So I guess you weed first (with the loop hoe), and then mulch. Doesn't the 'breakdown' of the mulch take nutrients from the young plants? I guess that doesn't matter, because the weeds are gone, so the overall effect is positive? Thanks again!
let them compost.....roll your pile of chips to smother out the weeds if you can. All wood chips work, but if it's cedar or pine I recomend composting for a year
1st time viewer & I would say that it’s important to say which part of the USA you’re in. Because a lot weeds only grow in certain parts of the us. In the south, lots of weeds spread regardless of how you pull them because the seeds are on top.
Omg. I just brought loop hole and was thinking about returning it because it wasn't working but looks like I was using it the wrong way. Lol
We do 5 acres of gardens and after the plants are in the ground we just use a hiller and put plastic down or use preen
Hi Josh yeah I love the loop hoe bought one by accident at an auction with a bunch of other garden tools and like you would say " It is Awesome". .......Love the channel Keep up the good work.
Brilliant farmer👌
We used the loop hoe as you called it 28 years ago on vegetable farms in Ontario Canada. Although ours were a wee bit different in design but work absolutely flawless. Onions are usually planted in beds with the onions staggered. With the little hoe you could go in between all the onions. Hince why we called them onion hoes.
The spad hoe is one of my favorite tools. I would like to find another one or replace the woos handle on mine. Enjoyed the video. Thanks
Josh I made the mistake of burning weeds on my dirt driveway with a propane weed torch... well it worked great BUT I didnt realize that burning weeds only made them come back 3x as wild! Live and you learn right? I did some research after and come to find out burning crops/weeds only adds more nitrogen into the soil and has the opposite affect of what I was trying to do Haha!
thanks bud
Pitch fork rake = 4 time cultivator