I love multi-tasking tools, and I felt a little guilty about buying a tool that I thought was only meant for one very specific purpose. This feeling disappeared when I discovered that this tool contains a lot.
The Elegital Kana hoe is deceptively light and small, capable of moving quickly through densely planted beds and cutting down weeds at the root. Sharp blade tips are critical for surgical precision on delicate seedlings or mature perennials whose root systems you want to protect.
Like my favorite stirrup hoe, another tool in my shed that effectively weeds beds without much effort, the kana hoe is easy to use: a quick raking motion scrapes just below the soil line and lifts the shoot from the root. Thanks to this easy and smooth movement, weeding does not become tiresome; I can quickly deal with an overgrown bed, as opposed to labor-intensive hand weeding.
While the stirrup hoe is brilliant at mass killing weeds in large open areas, the Japanese weeding sickle is ideal for a more tactical and targeted approach to neutralizing invaders in my beds.
Sickleweeds may grow back. But I, for example, have never weeded my garden bed at least once a season. And the sickle makes maintenance so quick that even if repeated cuttings are required for a persistent weed to completely deplete its energy reserves and finally die, it’s a worthy trade-off for not having to use my hands to do all the work.
When I’m in the garden, I carry a sickle with me everywhere and use it almost every day. But this sickle is not for everyone: it is designed for careful and detailed work, requiring the owner to be able to crouch, kneel or sit while weeding.
If mobility is a limiting factor for you, you may want to consider a garden knee and bench combination like the one we recommend in our guide to the best gifts for gardeners. This is a great tool with a wide base and strong sides that help you get down and up (this feature helped my mom garden this summer while she was recovering from a broken ankle).
As with all gardening tools, successful use of a sickle depends largely on the type and conditions of your soil. I find it works well in my native soil in Pennsylvania, which is mostly clay with no rocks. But excessively rocky or compacted soil is likely to be more challenging. It also wouldn’t hurt to purchase this inexpensive sharpener for future maintenance.
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