Garden Hoe, Part II - My Favorite Farm Tool

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Garden Hoe, Part II - My Favorite Farm Tool

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Жыл бұрын

Pa Mac continues to explain the garden hoe, along with describing many different types of hoes and their best uses and applications for the cultivation of vegetables or crops in the garden or field.
Check back often for future episodes of "My Favorite Farm Tool" with Pa Mac. Most episodes will feature an explanation and description of various antique farm hand tools, along with helpful tips for restoring, maintaining, and using them.
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@douglasvantassel8098 Жыл бұрын

"After four or five hours they'll have to......." pure gold!

@alexanderpaines1754 Жыл бұрын

Pa Mac you are an absolute legend. These videos are a wealth of information which is so hard to come by nowadays, mixed in with brilliant humour . Working as a professional gardener i often have to teach apprentices, and the tool talks videos are an invaluable resource and inspiration!

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

I appreciate those kind words, Alexander. Thank you so much for watchin'

@vladabocanek3703 Жыл бұрын

What a legendary speech! They will love it... they will have to... 😀

@tuck-n-reds2184 Жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoy listening to you speak! 😊

@ciphercode2298 Жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan of modifying modern hoes to suite whatever need. I'd rather have vintage hoes,but I seldom find any in good enough shape. Thanks for another great video.

@Travecmo Жыл бұрын

Always true value on this channel

@elizabethjohnson475 Жыл бұрын

Oh, my gosh, you're funny. I had no idea there were different hoes! Thanks for all the knowledge.

@ronnier8261 Жыл бұрын

First, love the new talkies! I use a "shuffle" hoe. It is a triangle sharpened on all 3 sides with the post up out the middle to attach handle. I lays flat and works like the stirrup (D) hoe but much better than the one I have. It was expensive but well worth it.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah; I forgot about those. I actually think I've got one somewhere...

@ericcowawarenesspromoter8672 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for all the great advice! I did like ya said and modified my Cement mixer hoe. It is so much better to use now. My wife really appreciated it as she's had chronic back pain since she had our second kiddo.

@ed3432 Жыл бұрын

❤your wisdom and humor. Amazon is also an option for garden tools.

@brianphilbrook5262 Жыл бұрын

I use mostly a stirrup hoe for weeding, a triangle hoe I made myself to dig the furrows and a concrete mixer hoe for hilling. I also have a hoss tools wheel hoe.

@derekandjo75 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the ozark mountains! Arkansas side!

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Hey there, Johanna

@bigchew3149 Жыл бұрын

I am a Country Boy Born/Raised&Still Live on a Working Farm & I Will Agree with you..But A Good Hoe Around Here Is Very Hard To Find..I Remember Very Well Chopin Out Tobacco &/Corn/Beans & I Also Sharpen The Edges of my Hoe's For The Very Reasons You Talk About !

@lawrencelewis1036 Жыл бұрын

The Rogue hoe is a good one. 7 inch blade with 60 inch handle, is the one I like. Other variations also available.

@moosiem60 Жыл бұрын

pa mac you number one in my book . best show ever. keep up the great shows

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Steve

@cordyg4306 Жыл бұрын

Hello from Kentucky 🐎 🐴

@warriorpoet2968 Жыл бұрын

That's what I was talking about in hoe episode #1. Thanks for explaining the Warren Dutch hoe.

@FarmFilmProductions Жыл бұрын

"We relocate them.. to heaven" 😂 another good video Pa Mac! 10:26

@Ham68229 Жыл бұрын

I've seen "Grubbin" hoe's be used similar like a shovel. Have a "stirrup" hoe, only, I've learned, sharpen both edges, you can push and pull with it quite easily. Not sure if it's considered a hoe but, have one of those "garden weasel". It actually works better than one might think. The antique hoe's are the best, provided you can find one in good shape. Most are well used and they show it. Although hoe's do work exceptionally well for concrete, they do make a particular type of hoe just for that. Love your video's, cheers :)

@FarmFreshIB Жыл бұрын

A grubbing hoe is used for tearing out things like wild blackberry and invasive honeysuckle. You "grub" out the plant by the roots.

@Barbarra63297 Жыл бұрын

That 'D' shaped hoe is my favorite for weeding, makes it a breeze to get those weeds down.

@jennifercockrell3374 Жыл бұрын

Pa Mac, you are hilarious!!! Your videos are such a joy to watch. I had no clue there were that many types of hoes. I really like the pointy ones; I'm gonna keep my eye out for one of those.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for takin' time to watch, Jennifer! (I hope you find a good one.)

@jameskniskern2261 Жыл бұрын

Love the lessons on better tool use. Thanks. I've found the best hoe is whichever one I happen to have in hand at the time. :) Same for any of the other farm tools. I seem to try to make whichever one I have do the job I want to do. Haha.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better, James

@darkminstrel2041 Жыл бұрын

I have a couple Collins grub hoes. They excel at cutting roots up. I've taken down nearly a dozen invasive English hawethorns with one. Just have to cut around the tree base to get to the roots and the trees go right over.

@stevenolan7972 Жыл бұрын

Need to stress removing the varnish from a new handle, retreat with boiled linseed oil your hands will thank you for saving the blisters!

@DeepSouthHomestead Жыл бұрын

Really love your videos. Got many of the hoes your showing. Its a lost art.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Deep South Homestead. I hope y'all are doin' well

@donaldgarmon7368 Жыл бұрын

Old Farmers sometimes have "more tools than a show dog has fleas", so I suspect you will continue this series for some time yet. I've seen all your videos and enjoy all of them and share them with our Grandchildren. I've seen all your Milk Cow videos and I'd like to see another video about your Jersey Milk Cow and your set-up for milking. Show us everything from your milk bucket choice, your stool, hobbles if you use them, how her head stanchion works, how you strain the milk, draw-off the cream, and make the butter... everything. Show the churning, washing the butter, salting it, molding it, explain about buttermilk, etc. I've done all those things, but I've never made cheese and would be surprised if you do... I know if you can get 48 minutes and 48 seconds of video footage in 2 videos about a hoe, you can get lots more than that out of the subject of your friend the Jersey Milk Cow! Keep up your Excellent Work!

@oafee 9 ай бұрын

I grew up in NC. My grandma had a farm on the border with Virginia. We would kill copperheads with a hoe or shovel with a nice long handle. I was cracking up when you said “relocate them… to heaven”. - Colin

@davemuse419 Жыл бұрын

I also relocate poisonous snakes to Heaven. Best place for them This video was awesome. Loved your commentary and side jokes. I've met you several times in person but it's taking some time to get use to you speaking in your videos. I look forward to future tool videos!

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Dave. Look forward to seein' you again some time!

@marker113 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, thank you

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you commentin', marker113

@eddiebailey6250 Жыл бұрын

I always thought you used subtle's in your earlier video because you may have sounded like the first attorney frome the movie My Cousin Vinny. I really do enjoy your videos

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Somehow I missed that movie; so do I sound like him?

@eddiebailey6250 Жыл бұрын

@farmhandscompanion No not at all to me you sound like Jase Robertson from Duck Dynasty . I was hoping to make you laugh with my original comment. If you have a moment look up My Cousin Vinny stuttering attorney scene here on you tube. I absolutely love your videos been watching them for years. My personal favorite is your pole barn build . Keep up the good work.

@olddawgdreaming5715 Жыл бұрын

Good morning Pa Mack, thanks for sharing more with us on your favorite tool. I have seen a lot of those different hoes through my years and some were pretty handy and some found a favorite corner in the shed too. Like you said, keep working with one and make it to fit your hands and needs and it will be more enjoyable using your hoe. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Hope you're doin' well, Fred

@mitzigaynor-rz5zn Жыл бұрын

G’day from the land of Oz down under. What a pleasant surprise to find another stimulating talk on hoes. I loved the first talk and this is similarly interesting. We have lots of deadly venomous snakes here in the garden sometimes but we call in the experts to relocate them because if we missed the dispatching of a snake we’d only have about 30 minutes left to live. You’ve encouraged me to go out and buy a good hoe instead of just spraying poison around the joint. I can’t wait for talk number 3. 🇦🇺🦘🦘🇦🇺

@runeldcameron6092 Жыл бұрын

Love the new videos,hope you continue the series.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Can't stop now.

@riverdalegardens544 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watchin', RiverDale Gardens

@jordanfalkowski6924 Жыл бұрын

In my experience the kind with 2 holes allows mixtures to blend. When worn some it tends to not catch in a wheelbarro

@MNpicker 11 ай бұрын

Awesome stuff!! I just picked up a few good old hoes at an estate sale in a small town in Iowa.. i would love to see you put handles on some of the heads you have👍🏻

@gdreilly Жыл бұрын

Thank you again! Lots of great information!!

@willmegehee Жыл бұрын

I have one of those bunny hoes… it just spins at the end. It needs a tack weld and then I might figure out what to do with it. One of my favorite “hoes” is a draw hoe that the blade fell off of so it’s just a handle with a hook end where the blade should be… it has its uses and I keep finding more uses.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

I 'magine so; think I'll grind the blade off one of mine, too.

@lorriebuxton2041 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou finished hoe and handle works great now my garden in under 2ft of water 😅😅

@Join.The.Partee Жыл бұрын

I always love learning from you! ❤

@Join.The.Partee Жыл бұрын

(Your Name Here) Hoe 😂😂😂

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Think I'm gonna name that unidentified one the "Tori hoe".

@Join.The.Partee Жыл бұрын

@@farmhandscompanion I love it! That would definitely be my favorite farm tool!

@RS-sl5ko Жыл бұрын

Greeting from the Smoky Mountains.

@Casecc Жыл бұрын

I am your age or older, 75. hat I do hen covering a roe is stand on one side of the roe, and have the hoe on the other side, and just alk back ard, This puts a tilt in the blade of the hoe, and like a tilted grader blade, slides the dirt into the open seed furro

@rochrich1223 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever bent large weeds over the back of the hoe and then with you foot still on the weed, lever the back of the hoe up? Most of the time, you can get the roots of the weed out of the ground. It can be overdone, however. I broke a hoe once while pulling up 1/2" thick saplings.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Haven't tried that but I can sure see how it'd work well

@rochrich1223 Жыл бұрын

A friend's family had a nursery school and a set of half-sized garden tools. Dang if those weren't the right sized tools quite frequently. A half-sized cement mixer,, err, English digging hoe is a great tool for getting dirt out of a footing or post hole. BTW, for really small children, planting big seeds or even potatoes helps them get started when they are still clumsy.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Good point, rochrich

@Halak014 Жыл бұрын

A concert mixer is a great blank to cut to the hoe you want... more know how about hoes than I ever thought about. Yard-work may become easier now.

@TheBereangirl Жыл бұрын

I wish I had gotten my oldest son into gardening with those cute lil tike garden tools, but I myself started gardening about 15 years ago, when my oldest was a teenager. We all know that's not gonna happen. At least my youngest boy loves to mow and tell me when to pull weeds or prune so he can fill the green waste bin for his "buddy" the trashman...he's basically my garden foreman and waterboy all in one.😏

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

I don't know; I betcha that older son will come around.

@TheBereangirl Жыл бұрын

@@farmhandscompanionyou know, I'm going to go with that, because his father (my darling husband and head gardener) also came around to gardening later. You see, my mother in law is a wonderful gardener. Thank you!♥️

@MarkWYoung-ky4uc Жыл бұрын

Great video Pa!

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mark

@tropifiori Жыл бұрын

You could get the modern concrete mixer, draw your preferred design on it and cut it ti shape with a grinder.

@SaintCoemgen Жыл бұрын

Missing the Ploskorez hoes for weeding. Designed to "cut" weeds off just below the soil top to kill them -- Either the "L" shaped ones, or the more-ish "O" shaped ones. The later are sometimes called "swift", "sage" or "stoke" hoes. Similar to a stirrup hoe. But easier to use. Moving soil need not always be the best intent..... In fact, the less soil disturbance may be better than not. But it depends. 🙂 Side note: I only hoe across the body. That is, one hand at hip level, one hand at shoulder level, then pull across my chest. I never "chop" hoe. There are better tools for that type of work. Only pull hoe. No back problems. Ever. Too short a handle is replaced. But never personally worry if the handle is too long. It just sticks up more over one shoulder or another. Hope this helps.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Saint Coemgen

@b.a.1591 Жыл бұрын

I have that exact same hand made "Combination hoe" Mine looks made out of an old leaf spring. I wonder if it was an idea in a popular mechanics magazine or just a shared idea.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Maybe so. Either that or just spontaneous good ideas popping up everywhere out of necessity.

@alexanderdeleon4242 Жыл бұрын

my favorite is, what you call the "mattoc" but here in south texas, (san antonio) we call it the "talache"

@quirty864 Жыл бұрын

Had a hoe with the bad cuff thing, totally junk and unusable. So the actual hoe part would fall out. Sucked real bad and I needed that hoe in the worst way and in a hurry. What I came up with was bailing wire, a farmers best friend. Wire can replace the cuff just fine. Looks strange but works great. Long piece of wire bent in the middle almost double. Put that almost doubled part around the lowest part of the tapered part. Twist it till it is biting into the wood decent. Do several twists, use pliers of course. Pound those twists down on the handle and wrap the free ends around and do three more twists. Repeat that four or five more times or whatever suits you. It will last forever, it is actually a good fix. Love the shows.

@spudhut2246 5 ай бұрын

ha ha - "We just relocate them.....to heaven".... do you make your own handles? Could you show us how it is done?

@clem24u 2 ай бұрын

You could cut and grind a concrete mixer into the shape you want. Edit: Never mind.

@wayneevans3342 Жыл бұрын

You didn't mention a Dutch push hoe. Perhaps they are not common in your part of the world. I find mine very useful for cutting weeds just below the surface and loosening the surface soil.

@georgem1134 Жыл бұрын

You are missing the grub hoe in the shape of a triangle it is my favorite hoe for digging trenches for potatoes

@vincentfrizell7055 Жыл бұрын

Don’t worry I too “relocate” snakes

@boreduser1583 Жыл бұрын

“Hi hoe hi hoe, it’s off to work we go” this might be what the song is originally about??😅

@jimmullins4007 Жыл бұрын

are there any good heavy duty hoes being made today most are junk

@WilliamTMusil Жыл бұрын

Hiya

@eddiesasquatch8124 Жыл бұрын

Do you eat raw meat?

@hamburger512 Жыл бұрын

The Bat Hoe is a favorite of billionaire Bruce Wayne

@glvarner Жыл бұрын

I will never use my hoe like that again and not think of it as a "bunny rabbit hoe".

@k.d.8924 Жыл бұрын

So I went to my local hardware store and told the girl at the desk that I was looking for a bunny hoe. She told me to leave and not to never come back. What'd I do wrong??

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

I don't know. Just try other stores and keep doin' it until you get a favorable response.

@Barbarra63297 Жыл бұрын

We relocate 'em...to heaven ROFL

@dannygoin6552 Жыл бұрын

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@terencebarnett113 Жыл бұрын

Sorry pa l would rather watch paint dry bye

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

Do you have a favorite color? (I like forest green)

@ethanpayne4116 Жыл бұрын

There's really no (good) reason to go about relocating snakes to heaven, get yourself some decent boots and thank them for their help in managing the rodent population! I enjoyed the video otherwise but the irrational fear of snakes is definitely an outdated mindset. I know you probably won't change your ways, but modern gardeners have realized that killing snakes for the crime of existing is neither ethical nor productive.

@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын

I think you need to relax a little, Ethan. It'll all be okay. (And thank you for watchin')

@ethanpayne4116 Жыл бұрын

@@farmhandscompanion Sorry for any offense, people are just getting a little more educated about wildlife these days. Thanks for the video, I learned a lot! Will definitely be checking out your other tool videos.

@escapetherace1943 Жыл бұрын

@@ethanpayne4116 my education says non-venemous snakes can kill the rodents actual copperheads on my land though? No.

@ethanpayne4116 Жыл бұрын

@@escapetherace1943 Yeah just kill whatever you're afraid of I guess, why bother learning about wildlife or appreciating the world we live in for its intrinsic value

@escapetherace1943 Жыл бұрын

@@ethanpayne4116 said every farmer who never shot foxes for butchering his livestock. Controlling predators is a responsibility, not to be enjoyed. Stop trolling.