now to fig1 the garden tool 10 is shown generally it comprises a handle 12 and a shaft 14 which culminates in a set of teeth 16 at the end distal from the handle 12 the general design of the handle and shaft are similar or identical to a wallace type weeder a plurality of angles 18 are formed in the shaft 14 such that the teeth 16 become generally facing the user holding the handle in a normal fashion as is generally known a wallace type weeder has a typically straight shaft where the teeth are facing away from the user and the user must have particular flexibility in the carpal joints to use if effectively while the number and precise magnitude of the angles 18 may vary the preferred embodiment shown as two angles 18 a and 18 b the distal angle 18 b is preferably located very close to the teeth and is approximately a 90 degree angle the proximal angle 18 a located between one and three inches in from the distal angle 18 b and approximately 45 degrees from the projected axis of the shaft thus the overall shaft design of the preferred embodiment yields teeth that are predominantly facing the user offset from the handle by a net 45 degree angle it should also be noted that the section 22 of shaft 14 immediately adjacent teeth 16 is flattened and preferably sharpened on the trailing edge 20 while the drawings show a single preferred embodiment of the teeth it should be readily apparent.