The Japanese Hori Hori knife! In Japanese it Hori means “digging.” This is an amazing tool that has taught me to be very thoughtful about weeding. I love just pulling out weeds from the top so I can have a nice-looking garden for a little while, but BOOM! the weeds come back in full force. Weeding like that is probably the equivalent of cutting back or dead heading, which means I have been encouraging weeds this entire spring season.
My neighbor gave me a lesson in weeding and she let me use her Hori Hori knife, which have I already said it is awesome? I’m not the only one. Check out this video to learn more about it. The cheapest price I can find is $34.99, but it is well worth it I imagine. Made in Japan it is good quality. I almost cut myself with it so you must be careful! (Today I was weeding with the knife and I saw an unusual rock, and I tried to move the rock and it was actually a box turtle! wow! Side story…)
I go under each section of ground while sitting, and rock under the ground. The ground loosens and I can just take the weeds out with all the roots. It works well with sod and grass too. I also used it to cut some stronger stalks of a plant and it seemed to be just as good as the clippers.
They come in a carbon steel or a stainless steel blade. My experience was with the stainless steel one, but I bet the other one is good and durable! If these links do not work over time I would just go ahead and do a search on the internet or ask your local nursery. I haven’t found it locally, though.
I really don’t like this site to be about buying products and reviews, but man! This is an amazing tool. Have I already said that?
Happy Gardening! Diggy Diggy!
