Mikl highly recommends these excellent weeding and planting tools, and staff concurs – these tools outlast all others!
This week we are highlighting Wilcox Tools: Iowa-made, stainless steel trowels and weeders; it won’t bend or rust, made to last a life-time, with a life-time guarantee. They are sharp, so they can cut through hard Colorado soils and dig around rocks. And they are economical.
The 10” trowel is Mikl’s favorite weeder for getting very close to a plant with the least root disturbance; our sharpest digger, won’t bend; great design
11” trowel: very good for planting, sharp and a wider design; Mikl’s favorite tool for removing bindweed’s multi-stem root in one dig
14” trowel/hand shovel: sharp and powerful for digging where you need a bigger hole, but where it’s not a job for a shovel or pick. Good for removing larger weeds or digging out smaller difficult rocks
13” Dandelion Weeder: an industrial-strength, narrow weeder for getting the whole root, like with a dandelion, dock or thistle. These don’t bend. Great for extracting a weed from a potted plant.
Leonard Long-handled Spade: about 5 ½ feet long, with a strong blade. Excellent for digging. Mikl’s favorite tool for removing massive thistles, dock, knapweed and small unwanted tree seedlings. Without using a foot, Mikl plunges the spade next to a big weed and lifts it out, root and all. Saves a lot of wrist strain.