"Robert (Plymouth)" wrote in message
You say you have lots of hoes (reminds me of the Two Ronnies) but do you
hoe
when the ground is clear? That is the way to keep them down. Regularly hoe
your free ground as well as between crops and you only need to handweed
close up to seedlings or plants


"Got any O's?" - I remember the sketch well. I will give your suggestion a
go this year. I've always waited until weed seedlings appear (at the
earliest) before hoeing. It hadn't occurred to me to hoe while the ground
was clear but sounds like a good idea.

It will give me chance to try out my latest hoe - an electric one. It looks
like a narrow upright vacuum cleaner but has 4 small rotovator blades on the
bottom. It's only 7 inches wide so should fit between the rows nicely,
though I suspect manoeuvring the electric cable around the garden will
perhaps be more trouble than it's worth.

Norman Digger.