Q & A: What Is Your Favorite Gardening Tool?

My All-Time Favorite Garden Tool: The Japanese Hori-Hori

A Hori-Hori, sometimes referred to as a "soil knife" or a "weeding knife", is a heavy serrated multi-purpose steel blade for gardening jobs such as digging or cutting. The blade is sharp on both sides and comes to a semi-sharp point at the end.

FUN FACT: The word “Hori” (ホリ) means "to dig" in Japanese and "hori-hori" is the onomatopoeia for a digging sound. The tool itself is commonly referred to as a レジャーナイフ, "leisure knife" or a 山菜ナイフ, "Sansai (Mountain-vegetable) knife" in Japan. (from Wikipedia)

My favorite little “dig-dig” tool can saw through soil, roots and small twigs and branches. Its curved blade can be used as a trowel to take care of most of your basic needs in the garden.

Full-Tang Hori-Hori From Oakridge Garden Tools

I purchased this back in November 2015 and it has served me well outdoors in the garden. This being my second hori-hori and having owned it for longer than a few years, I can finally share my thoughts in a full review on this tool.

If you are shopping for a hori-hori for yourself - I definitely recommend that you purchase a FULL-TANG hori-hori instead of one that is just half-tang. It makes for extra durability and a sturdier tool to last you a long time.