Since humankind moved from hunting and gathering to an agricultural society, we've been using rudimentary hoe-like implements to ease the labor of growing plants from seed. Over the millennia, this ...

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.

My favorite hand hoe has been discontinued but this looks ... but the reality is that many Japanese-made gardening tools are better than their mass-produced equivalents manufactured in China ...