Left Hand Garden Tools
While gardening is one of the most relaxing and enjoyable hobbies a person could have, working your garden can sometimes become awkward and dangerous if you are left- handed. A right handed person takes the ease of using tools for granted, while if you are left -handed, trying to garden with a tool that was intended for a right handed person is not easy, especially if they are power tools. Specialty garden tools made for specific jobs in a garden are not always known about and can be hard to find.
Since most things are geared for the right hand, this can sometimes make some things more difficult for a lefty and they will not be so good at performing a simply garden task because of the tool.
Many manufacturers have been for some time, making garden tools geared for a left or right handed person and some strictly for a left-handed person. To help make gardening a breeze, some left hand tools also come ergonomically designed with the cushion grips. Listed below are some of the basic left-hand garden tools.
Left hand Pruners
Left hand Angle Weeder![]()
Left hand Cape Cod Weeder ( picture to follow )
Left hand Dutch Hoe
Other left hand garden tools that will be of great use are the:
Twisted Trowel – designed for a left or right hand and works well for container gardening
- Good tool for scraping the soil while getting rid of shallow weeds, also available with a longer handle
Left Handed Japanese Hori Hori Knife
Left Handed Short Neriji Hoe
The left – hand garden tools listed above are only a few of the many that are available for more information and check out:
Clean Air
Yard Care
Anything Left- Handed
Bizrate
Pictures are courtesy of Clean Air
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I am looking for a tool that Smith and Hawken carried years ago – it was fabulous, but for some reason, I cannot find one anywhere….it was called a pick and hoe…it had a pick on one side and a wide, flat, end on the other side. Handle was about 12 inches long. I’ve seen similar, but never with the flat alternate end.
11 Jun 2009 at 3:02 pm
Thanks for the question and comment. If you are sure that the Manufacturer was Smith and Hawken, go onto their website and take a look for a listing of their innovative tools, . http://www.smithandhawkens.com or you can contact them directly at 800-940-1170 for Customer Services
13 Jun 2009 at 1:32 pm