What is Hoe (tool)?
[[File:Peasant in the vegetable garden.JPG|thumb|A farmer uses a hoe to weed a vegetable crop.]] {{otheruses|Hoe}} A '''hoe''' is a [[tool]] in [[agriculture|farming]] and [[gardening]]. It has a blade, usually metal, attached to a long handle, usually wood. There are many types of blade and several uses, probably the most common of which is weeding. Other uses include shaping the soil and harvesting root crops such as [[potato]]es. Along with the [[spade]] and [[Garden fork|fork]], the hoe is considered a basic, essential hand farming implement. {{Commons category|Hoes}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Gardening tools]]