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EZ Diggin'

The EZ Digger (AKA Korean Weeder/Cultivator) is an excellent tool to keep at hand. This 8" hand plow with its 5" handle is great in the spring for overturning cover crops, aerating and breaking up clods, and plowing trenches for planting perfect rows of seeds.

In the summer I use it for getting deep below stubborn weeds, both in my veggie garden and in my perennial beds. And in my rock walls its curved sharp tip can get in the cracks to grub out weeds.

Come fall, after harvest, the EZ Digger is ready to break up and aerate my soil again, as well as digging trenches or shallow holes for fall bulbs.

As you can see, I think this handy little plow is a must-have. It may even replace many of the other hand tools you’ve been lugging around!

By Erich Nordstrom
Skylights Autumn 2000, Vol 14, No. 3

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