It is well designed to make it useful for both cutting through weeds, and dislodging them in tight spaces. They’re best used on flat patches of lawn, and are useful because you don’t need to bend down to pull out the weeds. Suitable for gardeners of most heights, the 89 cm ‘working shaft’ is a good length, with an additional 10 cm of stainless-steel blades on the end which are inserted into the soil surface around the weed. Using chemicals is an effective approach to weed removal, but even the word ‘chemicals’ starts ringing alarm bells for some people – and perhaps rightly so. One of the best things about short-handled tools is that they can be kept in your pocket, or easily to hand, as you do other gardening tasks.

With a 15 cm width, the blade head is both large enough to be efficient in open vegetable patches, and sufficiently narrow to tackle weeds that pop up between flowers without accidentally damaging any valuable garden plants. You may find it useful to have a both a short-handled and long-handled weeding tool in your shed as they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. When it comes to long handled weeding tools, you can also consider a weed burner if you want something slightly more dramatic. Some of the best weeding tools will let you pull tough weeds out by the root, often working even on well-established, deep-rooted weeds like dandelions.

You therefore have to use them in a kneeling or crouched position, but they make the process of removing pesky weeds much quicker and easier than doing it by hand.

It’s not particularly easy to use this tool in very hard ground, which is one downside, and you may need to loosen soil first especially if it is quite baked and solid.Like all products in the Wolf-Garten Multi-Change range, the handle needs to be purchased separately – the benefit of this, as mentioned in other reviews here, is that you can choose the length of handle required for your specific job. Your dispute or complaint will then be acknowledged within 2 working days and solved as soon as possible. It’s one of the best weeding tools for clearing smaller weeds from patios, especially if you want to avoid crouching or resting on your knees. It’s a long-handled claw weeder that grabs weeds to pull them out, and it produces holes of no more than 4 cm in diameter. Sarah’s role as chief editor at DIY Garden is about more than just making sure we’re literally dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s (although she’s a stickler for detail, so it’s certainly about that too!

Whilst they won’t get at the roots of larger weeds, they’re good for dislodging smaller plants before they are able to take root.

Overall, it’s one of the best types of weeding tool for an effortless approach to clearing the patio; however, you will need some different weeding tools for fully removing larger weeds.