Don’t go to a large hardware store to buy the next gardening hoe. Follow my recommendations to buy an old-fashioned hoe to provide your dime with higher quality and durability.
Picture from Petra Fartmeier from Know almost
Need a quality gardening hoe? Use this trick!
Really, this is not a trick, because eBay has always existed. But it has become my go-to source for the best quality gardening hoes and other excellent old-fashioned tools.
Long live eBay
Take a look at my recent two old hoes’ achievements:
Sweet, eh?
You often find a lot Great garden hoe on eBay. (I actually refuse to publish this article because I want to buy every old hoe for myself to add to my collection Essential garden hand tools, But no… I am generous. )
Old school is cool
The old steel on these heads is much better than the new trash you get from the hardware store.seriously—It’s amazing. Put a sharp blade on an old hoe and it will cut weeds like a knife. The new hoe will not “cut it”.
The two lists I won will be installed on the new controller. The “potato hoe” style works well in the hard clay here.
I posted a video about my favorite old-fashioned garden hoe, so you can see how great an old tool is:
The tools in the video changed my view of hoes. I just didn’t know what a real weeding tool was like until I got a good American steel gardening hoe to work for me.
A new handle… Look!
Half of the time, the cost of an old-fashioned garden hoe is the same as the cost of an inferior new hoe from China…or even lower! I used a mop handle on one of my best quality garden hoes and it worked well. Some of my others are reprocessed here by a local farmer, who cuts wild coffee wood into strong handles. Those look really cool and work very well.
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What do you think?
So go out hunting! In addition to eBay, I also recommend courtyard sales. Look for real old hoes, their heads are a solid piece, not several pieces welded together.
If you have bought an old-fashioned boss garden hoe or other gardening tools that you are particularly proud of, please let us know in the comments below. If you have other “hidden gems” resources of old hoes, please share too!
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This is an updated version of the article originally published on April 4, 2018. The author may not be able to respond to comments at this time; however, we encourage our community members to join in sharing their experiences and answering questions!
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