The circlehoe is a gardening tool for weeding and cultivating close to plants without harming delicate roots.

Many years ago when I first started gardening, I had only a few tools: a round shovel, a heavy-duty rake and a traditional wide-blade hoe.

When I hoed my garden to get rid of weeds, I dug in hard and ended up chopping up some of the very plants I was trying to protect.

I wish I would’ve had a circlehoe back then.

The circlehoe is another one of my favorite gardening tools because it doesn’t let me make deadly mistakes in the garden. Unlike my old hoe, the circular design of its head lets me do close-in weeding without worrying about accidentally chopping down a plant or hurting its foliage.

In fact, chopping is a thing of the past. The circlehoe requires only a smooth pulling and slicing move to make fast work of the dreaded weeding chore. Very slick.