Hori Hori Uses

How To Get the Most Out of Your Hori Hori Tool

As I work on the farm and garden daily, I don’t go anywhere without my Hori Hori Knife and Tool. I find new uses for my this Japanese Gardener’s Tool every day.  I carry it every where I go, and like to have it handy for all types of chores, and it saves me trips back to the garden shed.  Either on my gardener’s belt or in my gardener’s/florists apron, it is always ready for action or any chore I can sum up.  There are many known uses, but I thought I would create a list of expanded uses for this great garden tool i have found over the years:

• As its namesake describes, it is great for digging with its concave Hori Hori Samurai-like blade.
• It can be used as a quick soil aerating tool to get oxygen to a plants roots and surrounding soil.
• The Hori Hori blade is great for getting weeds at their roots, and with a flick of the wrist can get them root and all.
• The serrated blade is great for cutting through stubborn roots, and root balls.
• The Hori Hori works quite well as a pruning device for small branches or as a small saw for larger branches.
• It works great as a marker stake, and with a hole in the handle, and some string, it makes garden marking easy. You can also use it for planting rows as a line reference.
• I use it as a propagation tool to cut through large root balls and separate.
• The Hori Hori Knife edge cuts through landscape fabric quite well and makes cutting X’s simple.
• Opening bags of soil and amendments can be done quickly with the sharp Hori blade
• The sharp blade can help in harvesting flowers or vegetables.
• It’s great for cutting through irrigation tubing

No matter your use, buy the Best Hori Hori you possible can and use it throughout the garden or farm to make your chores a breeze. Just be careful! The blade is sharp!