Weed Puller - source Hound Dog
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Welcome to today’s 1:5:10:365 Tip for becoming a better steward for our home and planet.
1:5:10:080 Tip: Pulling weeds is a good way to reduce your families herbicide exposure. I spent about ten minutes a week for about a month, pulling weeds by hand and was getting pretty good at getting many of them up by the roots (you grab them by the base and apply gentle pressure until you feel a little give, then increase the pressure until it comes out). But I was not having any luck with dandelions, which would break off at ground level. Then I tried the Weed Hound. It works great!
After two months I’m down to pulling about 3-5 weeds a week.
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Additional Information
The Weed hound has a number of spikes arranged in a circle that must be placed directly over the weed. Get your fingers down into the grass and find the exact point where the plant joins the root. Center the Weed Hound spikes over the root then step down on it to drive the spikes into the ground around the root of the weed.
With most roots I give the tool a quarter to half turn then lift it weed and all out of the ground.
http://www.hound-dog.com/weed_hound.htm
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