Comments on: Yard Butler Garden Terra Weeder #TT-1W

By: P. Coleman

P. Coleman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:37:50 +0000

To heavy. Handle is a pipe. I bought this and the tiller. Well made it is however you would have to be in great shape to really work with it. Older people like to garden to. This is not for arthritics, give us a break.

By: S. Huang

S. Huang — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:50:45 +0000

It is quite very useful, much better than I thought. I use it for purpose on

digging weed out, or dig a hole, or cut vine out. It is easy to hold the handle, and I like the shape. The price is reasonable too.

By: Karen Lappe

Karen Lappe — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:31:05 +0000

I just received the yard butler weeder in the mail and ran outside to try it on some weeds in my garden. Well, I was very impressed. I noticed right away that it was a good size weight and the handle grip was excellent and did not slip out of my hand. With very little effort the weeds just popped out. This is a well made garden tool and I would definitely recommend this weeder.

By: Jane Gardener

Jane Gardener — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:02 +0000

Useful, simple tool. The hefty weight and long handle gives it power. Dig holes, and scrape shallow weeds with blade edge. Dig, till and weed with tong side of tool. Sometimes tongs clog up, but that is unavoidable. I have many garden tools, but always use this one. (or the other similar terra mattock.)

By: Glenn Borchardt

Glenn Borchardt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:16:36 +0000

In California, we use this tool in preparing and examining the walls of trenches excavated across earthquake faults. Our goal is to assess the potential for ground surface rupture due to fault movement. I facetiously call it a “pedological deobfuscator” and even wrote a small paper on its use [Borchardt, Glenn. "The Pedological Deobfuscator." Soil Survey Horizons 37, no. 2 (1996): 47-48]. In the scientific study of soils (also known as “pedology”) for age dating we need to see soil structure, which may contain little cubes or columns that form as soils become older. When the trench is first excavated, the walls generally are smooth and encrusted with soil from other parts of the trench. This material needs to be removed for us to see the actual soil structure. This tool is ideal for doing that.