My Favorite Gardening Weed Pulling Tool Is A Crowbar
I am most willing to use just about any tool to get the job done. Quite a few years ago I found that a hand held crowbar was near perfect for pulling up weeds.
![Two tools are shown. The top tool is your typical weed tool. The bottom tool is a hand held crowbaar.](https://i0.wp.com/mclarenblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Weeding-Crowbar.jpg?resize=400%2C172&quality=89&ssl=1)
A crowbar has a wide surface for getting up under a weed and a sharp tip for getting the tool under the weed. A crowbar also has a longer shank for wedging under a good size weed and allowing you to lever the weed up out of the ground. by pressing down upon the bar.
The top tool in the image above, I almost never use. It might be better used when a weed is very close to some other plant you do not want to disturb. There are a lot of different crowbar sizes so choose carefully one that you think would work best for you.
Posted: June 16, 2019
Updated: June 17, 2019