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Simplified Hand Weeding Tool

The Ward weeder is a weeding tool that has proved most effective. It is made in the nursery shop from a 6-inch length of 1/2-inch thin-walled conduit. A section 2-1/2 inches long is cut away with a hacksaw and shaped on an emery wheel (fig. 1). The forerunner of this tool was the common vegetable peeler, effective but short lived for this work. A homemade weeder lasts indefinitely. This cost is nominal, material 5 cents, labor 15 cents.


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Author(s): Homer S. Ward

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 38 (1959)