View of person's hand using a garden hoe in soil - Mike_shots/Shutterstock A garden hoe, one of the most essential gardening tools for shaping soil and weeding, has been around for thousands of years.

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Putting it to the test Hand weeding half of a 10-by-20-feet garden took Wirecutter staffer Sebastian Compagnucci around 15 minutes, whereas using a stirrup hoe on the other half took seven minutes.