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Light tool suitable for mowing the lawn in hard-to-reach places such as along tree trunks, stones, fences and roadsides. The grass whip consists of a thin blade (approx. 20-25 cm), serrated on both sides (1) or provided with a cut on both sides and front (2). The handle is covered with wood or rubber. The tool is swung back and forth in front of the feet, with the blade lying parallel to the ground, cutting through the thin grass stems. Due to the double-sided cut, it works on both sides. Another model (MOT V 2019.0007) looks more like a narrow machete with a curved tongue-shaped end (3). See also the grass hook. [MOT] (1) According to LOGAN: 176, the grass stems cannot bend away due to the serrated cut. (2) Catalog 1976: Wilkinson Sword. The name on the world's finest garden tools. (3) The model of manufacturer and distributor Martindale is sold as a machete

Flower bulbs or tubers, regular in shape, can be sorted by circumference, expressed in sieve size, by means of a garden riddle (1). The sieve openings are a little larger than the actual circumference measurement, especially if the shape is slightly irregular, as with tulips. The garden sieve consists of a number of separate wooden sieve plates (approx. 60 cm) in which there are holes of different diameters (approx. 2.5 cm; 3.5 cm; 4 cm; 4.5 cm). These rectangular or round plates fit in a wooden holder with which you can sort the bulbs or tubers in ascending size while shaking. [MOT] (1) Bulbs and tubers that are irregular in shape (and also rhizomes) are also sorted by size, expressed in 1st, 2nd and 3rd size but this is mainly done by hand.

You can aerate a small lawn while walking by using these aerator shoes. It consists of iron or plastic soles under which iron nails (approx. 5 cm) are attached. You attach the soles under your shoes. Other means to aerate the lawn are a spike or a lawn aerator (roller). [MOT]

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Awl (approx. 20 cm long) used to break large blocks of ice into pieces. The awl is held at an angle of 45 ° and the tip is pushed into the ice to break it. This is continued until flakes of the desired size are obtained. An ice pick can also consist of six shorter awls (about 3 cm) next to each other at some distance so that it has a fork-like shape (1). [MOT] (1) According to BRIDGE & TIBBETTS: 55, this instrument would be used to sculpt ice.

The weeding fork is a forged - now also made of stamped sheet iron - fork with two to five tines (approx. 3-8 cm long; approx. 0.5-3 cm between the tines) and a short handle - made of wood, aluminum or plastic - with which the gardener and flower grower to turn loose soil around a plant and remove weeds. Can be distinguished from the weed digger and the little digging fork. See also the gardener's trowel, hand hook and grubber. [MOT]