- 5 way tool that loosens the soil and weeds your ga
- half the effort
- Specially designed bladed wheels rotate crosswise
- create a scissor like action that breaks up soil,
- weeds, and automatically clean themselves
Product Description
Cultivates, loosens, aerates, and weeds; the perfect garden bed maintenance tool. 3 sets of bladed wheels rotate crosswise to create a scissorlike action to break up soil, uproot weeds, and automatically clean themselves. Blades can be removed for repositioning for weeding between rows. Long red metal handle with vinyl grip for comfort. Fully assembled…. More >>
The garden weasel worked great to dig up bare spots on my lawn so I could plant grass seed…very easy to use!! It was also easy to clean off with the hose!!
Rating: 4 / 5
This is one of the first products that was direct marketed to the public using infomercials. I remember being very young in the 1980’s and watching the gardeners on TV happily using their Garden Weasels and winning the war against weeds! And so easy to clean up!
Well here I am almost 30 years older and finally planting my first serious vegetable garden. It’s so beautiful and promising, but after a recent downpour there came weeds sprouting up everywhere! Almost blanketing the garden!
The infomercial from the 80’s had a delayed reaction, but as soon as I had the idea of getting the Garden Weasel I KNEW it was the solution for me.
So I just bought one and I’m pretty happy with it. It ripped up the ground and gave the soil a pleasing fresh broken up texture, and it ripped out the young weed shoots. I had to put more weight into it than I remember the seniors did in the infomercial and on the website, but it was relatively easy to use.
I wasn’t able to get extremely close to the plants because the Garden Weasel’s tines kept wanting to grab my vegetable leaves and suck them into the tiney devastation, but I was able to eradicate the vast majority of the weeds. I’m a little concerned that the Garden Weasel might not have turned up the roots of the persistent grass that keeps wanting to take over. The grass is one that propagates through underground runners, so if the root isn’t pulled out it will probably keep growing, and I doubt the garden weasel disrupted those roots enough. So I may end up out there again in a couple of weeks, but that’s okay. Part of the fun of gardening is working in the garden, right? As long as it’s not back breaking and doesn’t take forever.
This seems like a pretty great tool. It works well, and cleans up well. I was a little disappointed that the body of the tool is plastic. It’s a pretty rugged plastic, but I would rather have seen them use cast steel, and I don’t like that there seems to be only one screw holding the body of the tool to the handle. It seems almost bound to work itself loose or rust out over time. If the tool were cast steel I’d give it five stars. Since it’s plastic and I doubt I’ll be able to pass it on to my grandchildren, I’m going to give it 4.
Rating: 4 / 5
I am probably taking my life in my hands by reviewing this item and angering the millions of Garden Weasle’s fans, but it just doesn’t do it for me. The only way this works in maintenance mode is if the soil has been tilled at the beginning of the planting season and virtually pulverized. If you work your soil and ammend it with add’l peat and topsoil this works o.k. Unfortunately, I don’t do anything that labor intensive in spring and usually have a hard time using this. It is an enormous physical struggle to work this contraption through the garden. I suspect that anyone who works their soil before planting will find this does a satisfatory job. I unfortunately probably don’t do as much prep-work as I should and find the results lackluster at best.
Rating: 3 / 5